William James quote about poverty from The Varieties of Religious Experience - We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise any one who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
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“ We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise any one who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. ”
 William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). copy citation

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Author William James
Source The Varieties of Religious Experience
Topic poverty ambition spirituality
Date 1902
Language English
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William James quote about poverty from The Varieties of Religious Experience - We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise any one who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
William James quote about poverty from The Varieties of Religious Experience - We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise any one who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.