“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”

“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty.”

“You know that I don't believe that anyone has ever taught anything to anyone. I question that efficacy of teaching. The only thing that I know is that anyone who wants to learn will learn. And maybe a teacher is a facilitator, a person who puts things down and shows people how exciting and wonderful it is and asks them to eat.”

“Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart.The important things.”

“anyone who has crammed for a school exam knows how easy it is to misquote in a showdown.”

“A criminal is undoubtedly a poor soul, who is punished for his poverty.”