Sarah McLachlan Quotes

Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.

The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

It is nothing less than a shocking indictment on western society that we spend so much on ourselves and so little on those on have nothing.

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.

I suggest that we are thieves in a way. If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use, and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else. ... Nature produces enough for our wants from day to day, and if only every-body took enough for himself and nothing more, there would be no pauperism in this world, there would be no man dying of starvation in this world. But so long as we have got this inequality, so long we are thieving.

Greed says there is never enough. Abundance says there is more than enough. Greed closes the door behind itself. Abundance opens the door for others.

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.

If somebody has an extreme amount of wealth and is not using it for some good purpose, only for their own enjoyment or satisfaction, then clearly there's a moral failing in the world in which we live.

The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

If I had the power I would steal all your royal wealth and give it to Christ’s brothers and sisters.

I didn't believe one man should have so much services and another man should have none.

Poverty is born of super-abundance itself.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed

What would you think of me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?

No man should be made poor so another man can be made rich.

There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share.

Wealth and compassion are opposites.

Many people have beautiful homes and beautiful things, but other people haven't ever seen them. So why have them?

A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as long as you're willing to share them.

We are loaded down with too many good things, more than we could ever need, while others are desperate for a small loaf. The good things we cling to are more than money; we hoard our resources, our gifts, our time, our families, out friends....how ludicrous it is to hold on to the abundance God has given us and merely repeat the words 'thank you'.

God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.