A Quote by Peter Maurin

The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better off. For when everybody tries to become better off, nobody is better off. But when everybody tries to become better, everybody is better off.

Peter Maurin

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Peter Maurin
French - Activist
May 9, 1877 - May 15, 1949

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Peter Maurin

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