I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Help the poor by enabling them to leave poverty, not by making them comfortable in it.
- In plain terms
- Give people tools to escape poverty, not just comfort.
- What can you take from it?
- Empower people to solve their own problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you help without enabling?
Another view
Some need immediate relief first.
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