The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
Sometimes people who want more than they can handle end up losing everything altogether. Greed and selfishness will get you nowhere in… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Leaders cannot build a successful nation once they are yoked to these two evils, ignorance and greed.” — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
“What is the obstacle in this world? Kashaya(s) (i.e. anger, pride, deceit, and greed).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him. (Saadi)” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“We rail against corporate greed and government corruption, but think nothing of stealing office supplies.” — Stuart Greaves Copy Share Image
I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Why me?” I secreted into her ear. “You were the only one I saw,” she whispered back, making my heart burst.” — Fisher Amelie Copy Share Image
“You are a monster of selfishness and greed, bearing no loyalty to anyone but yourself, and you prance across the stage and… — Lynn Messina Copy Share Image
Ignorance and greed are part of the evolutionary process, which is just to say that mistakes are part of learning. There is… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
“O Indra, destroy all those lustful people behaving like birds… angry ones behaving like wolves… greedy ones behaving like vultures… enticed ones… — Veda Copy Share Image
When governments are cowed or simply don't care to enforce fundamental human and labour rights or to ensure corporate tax is paid… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
Where do you draw the line, between love and greed? We never did know, we always wanted more. We want to take… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The Western societies which espouse free market capitalism survive by the pursuit of greed and, in their own way, like Communism, throw… — Davis McCaughey Copy Share Image
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
What happens in a strike happens not to one person alone… It is a crisis with meaning and potency for all and… — Meridel Le Sueur Copy Share Image
How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“In the late 1800s a certain man taught Sunday school for over 20 years in a Baptist church; he eventually became the… — Michael D. Fortner Copy Share Image
He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Defenders of the short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
God will himself bless you with everything, so don't desire things before time. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Just because you are capable of getting any opportunity, it doesn't mean that you are permitted to own everything. — Jessel Jane Zozobrado Copy Share Image
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“There are only a few natural forces in this world that can make a rational man go against his judgment: love and… — Albie Cullen Copy Share Image
“Do not engage in any behavior or indulge in any thought brought on by the Three Root Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance.” — Ian Tuhovsky Copy Share Image
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Today humanity is blinded by greed and the human rights violations and human rights are also to — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“There are men who dig for gold; [Monseigneur Bienvenu] dug for compassion.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Greed often finds more pleasure in taking from others than in giving to itself. — Simon May Copy Share Image
That virtuous person who does not walk in the way of greed, and who abides in Truth, is accepted and famous. — Sri Guru Granth Sahib Copy Share Image
Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. -Luke 12:15 — Bible Copy Share Image
It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
We have become so addicted to our greed-driven habits that we have lost our moral compass and don't know what is right… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart. — Bono Copy Share Image