Monday, August 01, 2005

Quote to Ponder...



"The penalty of affluence is that it cuts one off from the common lot, common experience, and common fellowship. In a sense it outlaws one automatically from one’s birthright of membership in the great human family. "

- Arnold Toynbee

1 comment:

Kevin said...

great quote... it is so true.

Maybe it is part of the reason that we leave places like Africa with mixed feelings: we hurt for the poverty felt by the people, but are simultaneously jealous of the joy and community that so eludes us.