Acquisitiveness Quotes

6 quotes by 6 authors

• Buddhism teaches us that happiness does not come from any kind of acquisitiveness, be it material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go. In Buddhism,… — Mark Epstein
• Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what the Lord calls… — Neal A. Maxwell
• Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and… — Jeremy Rifkin
• But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property comes another institution-that… — William Ralph Inge
• Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the… — Arthur Davison Ficke
• It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of… — John Steinbeck

Who Wrote These Acquisitiveness Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 6 Acquisitiveness Quotes as follows:

• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by Mark Epstein
• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by Neal A. Maxwell
• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by Jeremy Rifkin
• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by William Ralph Inge
• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by Arthur Davison Ficke
• 1 Acquisitiveness Quote by John Steinbeck