Quotes About Greed

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.

The Woman and Her Hen A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. She often pondered how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley. From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another egg.

The covetous are poor givers.

they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the

If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined. The

There are two ways to make a man richer, reasoned Rousseau: give him more money or curb his desires.

Rather than a tale of greed, the history of luxury could more accurately be read as a record of emotional trauma. It is the legacy of those who have felt pressured by the disdain of others to add an extraordinary amount to their bare selves in order to signal that they too may lay a claim to love.

We may be happy with little when we have come to expect little. And we may be miserable with much when we have been taught to expect everything.

Actually, if there's one thing that goblins love," Skulduggery had said, "it's eating babies, but gold comes in a close second.

Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy.

There's nothing left in the street's fa' me but Gold-diggers and fock nicca's that's trying to rob me, Illuminati trying to bribe me; talking about they got the keys to money and fame, all I have to do is sell my soul to the game, -MillYentei

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

Both greed and outrage stem from insecurity; insecurity is the result of a poor understanding of, and a lack of faith in, one's true nature and the true nature of the world around us. The Veda says that as long as we do not accept life for what it is, as long as we try to control and change things, there will always be conflict. Conflict ends when we realize that beyond tangible material reality, there is intangible spiritual reality.

When should we stop?' 'When your needs are met and before you fall prey to greed. Knowing when to stop is the hallmark of a good king,' said Krishna.

Begitu seseorang mengenal konsep uang, maka ia menjadi seperti taksi yang ditancapi argometer. Mendadak ia mulai menghitung, mengukur, dan menaksir apapun yang dilewatinya

Overcome anger with peace. Overcome evil with good. Overcome greed with generosity. Overcome liars with truth.

Madoff was not inhumanly monstrous. He was monstrously human. He was greedy for money and praise, arrogantly sure of his own capacity to pull it off, smugly dismissive of skeptics—just like anyone who mortgaged the house to invest in tech stocks, or tapped the off-limits college fund to gamble on a new business, or put all the retirement savings into a hedge fund they didn't understand, or cheated a little on the tax return or the expense account or the spouse.

Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

si nous ne parvenons pas à nous dégager des besoins les plus futiles, nous en voudrons toujours plus que nécessaire

It is foolish to hold tightly to material possessions. We do not own them, but they can own us.

this Earth. It seems like mankind evolves to a higher state and then they allow power and greed to completely absorb them and what they have learned. Then they are destroyed, and they take many, many steps backward.

Did they contribute to the destruction? Did they cause the pollution? J: They were misguided. It's sort of like what's happening on Earth. People are misguided by the behaviors of other people's greed, and it wasn't recognized in time.

Everything that the coils of Pentex touched, everything it produced, was corrupt or toxic.