“He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!”

“With so many people in the world that long for someone to love and care for, why is it those who couldn’t care less are those who are blessed?”

“Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life.”

“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!”

“It is from the well of St. Dunstan' said he, 'In which betwixt sun and sun, he baptised five hundred heathen Danes and Britons - blessed be his name!' And applying his black beard to the pitcher, he took a draught much more moderate in quantity than his encomium seemed to warrant.”

“The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel... its poverty by how little.”