Anis Cendol

“The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“Dalam hati setiap wanita yang bergelar Muslim itu sepatutnya memang tidak berbelah bahagi diserahkan kepada DIA. Tiada belah bahagi untuk mengatakan yang DIA adalah segalanya, lebih daripada yang lain. Pada DIA diletakkan ketakutan. Pada DIA diletakkan harapan. Pada DIA diletakkan kepercayaan. Pada DIA dipohon pertolongan. Pada DIA dipintakan kasih sayang. Hanya DIA.”
― Hlovate, Versus

“...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“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