“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as though they were two different races, like Negroes and white men. But in reality there is no such difference. The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. Change places, and handy dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? Everyone who has mixed on equal terms with the poor knows this quite well. But the trouble is that intelligent, cultivated people, the very people who might be expected to have liberal opinions, never do mix with the poor. For what do the majority of educated people know about poverty?”

“The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.”

“Wealth File1. Rich people believe "I create my life." Poor people believe "Life happens to me."2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.9. Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.10. Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.12. Rich people think "both". Poor people think "either/or".13. Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people focus on their working income.14. Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.15. Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.16. Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.17. Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.”

“The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do things.”

“I had come to see that the great tragedy in the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor...I truly believe that when the rich meet the poor, riches will have no meaning. And when the rich meet the poor, we will see poverty come to an end.”

“One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don't like to think of themselves as poor. It's embarrassing. When you're a kid, even in the projects, one kid will mercilessly snap on another kid over minor material differences, even though by the American standard, they're both broke as shit.”