The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) will not leave through suppression, they will leave through Gnan (Self-realization).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Peace is a virtual, mute, sustained victory of potential powers against probable greeds — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
There is no vice which humankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
“Day and night - ruthlessly apply key lessons of mankind such as leaving greed, fear and lust to improve the efficiency &… — Dr V V Rao Copy Share Image
An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed. — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
“I was simultaneously elated and depressed, a common enough state of mind these days when people are offered a great deal of… — James Hamilton-Paterson Copy Share Image
The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. It was the expansion of… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Kindness, love, patience, understanding, and unity will increase as we serve, while intolerance, jealousy, envy, greed, and selfishness decrease or disappear. The… — Carlos H. Amado Copy Share Image
Some people just couldn't bear with the thought that we can't have everything we want. Our insatiable desire for more leaves us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ted Geisel was trying to make a statement about awareness and personal responsibility. He was very clear about that. But the ideas… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy,… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not… — Marvin H. McIntyre Copy Share Image
I think a problem for most people in a fiduciary capacity is to eliminate self and greed and all those things so… — Shep Gordon Copy Share Image
In the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric, laid off over 100,000 employees. His reward? When he retired… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Nelson Mandela, Dada Vaswani, Harsh Mander, Shabana Azmi - I admire their humanitarian work. But sadly even Nelson Mandela could not keep… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
“Whether it's racism, patriarchy, warmongering, greed, or child trafficking, it's counter to God's Kingdom. But the people caught in those systems are… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Should it happen, that your partner leaves you for someone else with more money. To where later you strike it richer than… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine… — Polly Adler Copy Share Image
“I happen to believe that America is dying of loneliness, that we, as a people, have bought into the false dream of… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'… — The Eagles Copy Share Image
“Admit it — you wanted the end with a serpentine greed. How to negotiate that strangling mist, the fibrous whisper? To cease to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings! — Thomas Haynes Bayly Copy Share Image
“Greed, hunger for power and dominance are all part of reality. Get used to it.” — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
“It is well worth our while to check out need against greed, and see where that takes us.” — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy. — P. J. Plauger Copy Share Image
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket.” — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
The greed and envy of the nonproducer is insatiable, so that eventually nothing short of 100% taxation will appease him. — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The value of money is a scam perpetuated by those who have it over those who don't.” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
You're not a road comic till you've watched Real Sex and American Greed alone in your hotel room. — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
![“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true. But for those seeking riches, pleasure, or power, too much of a good thing dulls the appetite.” – Jeremy Lyons [Survival of the Fittest]” quote by Marvin H. McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/marvin-h-mcintyre-61077_desire_another-misconception-is-that-desires-ar_2026301.jpg)
