Sentences with phrase «embraced voluntary poverty»

Education, social skills, «contacts» and experience in the dominant culture are all part of what it means to be «nonpoor,» and since none of these can simply be shed, even someone who has embraced voluntary poverty or some kind of simpler life style remains middle class in the most important respects.

«All our talk about peace and the weapons of the spirit is meaningless unless we try in every way to embrace voluntary poverty and not work in any position, any job that contributes to war... We must give up our place in this world, sacrifice children, family... And we will be considered fools for Christ.»

Not exact matches

If at a later stage he was poor and homeless, this was a voluntary poverty, embraced for ideal ends.