The poor stay poor here because they do not save enough

The poor stay poor here because they do not save enough. (Abhijit V. Banerjee, Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty)

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself

It’s tragic that most of us spend our private lives paradoxically thinking something is watching us and permanently disapproving. We say we believe in benevolent deities but smear them with hate and the power to smite. We see sin everywhere, when the only sin is when we forget to treat each other with respect. That is the sad secret that makes the Universe vulnerable