Selfishness and greed Quotes

18 quotes from 16 authors

When greed slides into everyday choices, the fallout often feels personal and universal. These eighteen snippets weave karma‑laden stories, warnings about selfish drives, and stark observations on how avarice can isolate us. Readers who enjoy this mix may also like the “moral philosophy” or “social critique” sections.

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The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway.

Laurence Overmire

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“Love - massively destructive to hatred, selfishness and greed. Use liberally.”

Cathryn Louis

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“Our inability to give activates the spirits of hoarding, selfishness and greediness.”

John Arthur

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Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

Harry S. Truman

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I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.

Dalai Lama

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When you live your life creating drama for others KARMA will get you in the end. That's the best kind of revenge.…

Nishan Panwar

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I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I…

Richard Hammond

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Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and…

G. Stanley Hall

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“...The world needed to suffer in order to understand the simplest of universal principles, the unity of man with man and with…

Walter Russell

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“Though many intellectuals, following in the footsteps of Saints Augustine and Jerome, hold business people in contempt for their selfishness and greed,…

Steven Pinker

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True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love…

Dalai Lama

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“You are a monster of selfishness and greed, bearing no loyalty to anyone but yourself, and you prance across the stage and…

Lynn Messina

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There will be selfishness and greed and corruption and narrowness and intolerance in the world tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow. But pray God…

Harold Stassen

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I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.…

Anonymous

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“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear…

Anonymous

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The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do…

Marianne Williamson

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The message of this season that is applicable throughout the year lies not in the receiving of earthly presents and treasures but…

James E. Faust

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many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to…

Terry Goodkind

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