We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity.
Interpretation
We should change our perspective on wealth and charity, recognizing that entrepreneurs can come from all backgrounds.
Muhammad Yunus emphasizes the need to shift our thinking from a charitable mindset where the wealthy are seen solely as benefactors and the poor as mere recipients. Instead, he advocates for recognizing that individuals from diverse economic backgrounds can create businesses that drive innovation and economic progress, promoting a more inclusive view of entrepreneurship.
In practice
In a discussion about social entrepreneurship, this quote can inspire students to think differently about wealth distribution.
Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.
What I did not know yet about hunger, but would find out over the next twenty-one years, was that brilliant theorists of economics do not find it worthwhile to spend time discussing issues of poverty and hunger. They believe that these will be resolved when general economic prosperity increases. These economists spend all their talents detailing the process of development and prosperity, but rarely reflect on the origin and development of poverty and hunger. A a result, poverty continues.
People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base.
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor.
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.
By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society.
Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
Every country has a founding mythology. For Americans, it starts with our first president's youthful encounter with a cherry tree and refusal to tell a lie. Mr. Trump would do well to find inspiration in that story, which goes to the heart of what makes America different - and our foreign policy effective - around the world.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.
Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
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