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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism QUOTES

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism QUOTES

1 " To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate.

Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds. Only society never gave them a base to grow on. "

― Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

2 " Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair. "

― Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

3 " Human beings are not just workers, consumers, or even entrepreneurs. They are also parents, children, friends, neighbors, and citizens. They worry about their families, care about the communities where they live, and think a lot about their reputations and their relationships with others. For "

― Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

4 " There is no room in the economic literature for people making a living through self-employment, finding way to develop goods or services that they sell directly to those who need them. But in the real world, that's what you see the poor doing everywhere. "

― Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

5 " Our financial institutions have created a worldwide system of apartheid without anyone being horrified by it. If you don't have collateral, you are not credit worthy. To the banks, you are not accepted on our side of the world. "

― Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism