“There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.”

“Being broke is against my religion.”

“Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.”

“People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.”

“Right from his childhood, Vinayak found the caste system that plagued Hindu society reprehensible. In his own little way he broke these barriers. Despite being an upper-caste Brahmin, and a landlord at that, all his childhood friends were from poor backgrounds and belonged to the supposed lower castes.”

“I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.”

“Who, being loved, is poor?”

“The five-fold difference between God, living and non-living beings is an eternal fact”

“Tulsidas was a poor recluse who lived an ascetic life and prompted by an inner light, adapted an old epic in folk-verse which broke all barriers and spread far and wide.”

“Rich people didn’t get in that kind of mess. They never had. Only the poor got trapped: by ignorance, by religion, by self-righteous laws passed by people who broke them with impunity.”