Covetousness Quotes

69 quotes by 60 authors

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no… — Chanakya
I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house… — Abraham Cowley
Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness… — J. Reuben Clark
All sin is selfish, whether it be lying, cheating, stealing, immorality, covetousness, or idleness. Sin is for one's own ends, not for another's-certainly not for… — Derek A. Cuthbert
Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have… — Justin Martyr
A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people — Al-Ghazali
One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie
Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It is… — Neale Donald Walsch
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. — Daniel Defoe
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy,… — Richard of Chichester
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and… — Gautama Buddha
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. — Christopher Marlowe
Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of… — William Penn
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition.… — John Bunyan
The only beneficiaries of income taxation are the politicians, for it not only gives them the means by which they can increase their emoluments, but… — Frank Chodorov
Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen. — Epictetus
The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with… — Edwin Louis Cole
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. — John Milton

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