Muhammad Nahar Rasjidi

“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. For building stable peace we must find ways to provide opportunities for people to live decent lives.”
― Muhammad Yunus

“When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“Kedermawanan yang paling tinggi adalah kedermawanan terhadap jiwa. Tidak ada kedermawanan yang lebih agung daripada orang yang mendermawakan jiwanya di jalan Allah”
― Ibnul Qayyim

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero