“97. One of the brethren owned only a book of the Gospels. He sold this and gave the money for the support of the poor. He made a statement that deserves remembrance: "I have sold the very word that speaks to me saying: 'Sell your possessions and give to the poor.'"”

“We have men sold to build churches, women sold to support the gospel, and babes sold to purchase Bibles for the poor heathen! all for the glory of God and the good of souls! The slave auctioneer's bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave-trade go hand in hand.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman

“Arise, go! Sell all you possess. Give it directly, personally to the poor. Take up My cross (their cross) and follow Me, going to the poor, being poor, being one with them, one with Me.Little, be always little, simple, poor, childlike.Preach the Gospel with your life, without compromise. Listen to the Spirit; He will lead you.Do little things exceedingly well for love of Me.Love, love, love, never counting the cost.Go into the market place and stay with Me. Pray, fast. Pray always: fast.Be hidden. Be a light to your neighbor's feet. Go without fears into the depth of men's hearts. I shall be with you.Pray always. I will be your rest.”

Catherine Doherty (1896–1985) Religious order founder; Servant of God

“I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”

Judas Iscariot one of the twelve original apostles of Jesus Christ, known for betrayal of Jesus

“The poor man has sold his freedom of expression to the state.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still… you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.”

Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer

“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.”

Ovid (-43–17 BC) Roman poet

“He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.”

John Steinbeck book East of Eden

“We are a society that only sells commodities. We do not create anything unless it's to be bought and sold, so the idea of doing something where there isn't a commodity to sell, or what the commodity is to sell is very confusing, is extremely interesting to me.”

Tara Subkoff (1972) American actress