Causes Quote by Mas Oyama

“One may even have ‘greed’ for self-respect. Greed gives rise to circumstances. When circumstance arises, worldly life arises.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.

— Arthur Helps

Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.

— Trish Regan

“In the same vein, the problem in economic life is supposedly greed, both outside ourselves in the form of all those greedy people and…

— Charles Eisenstein

“When people become self-centred and self-enclosed, their greed increases. The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs things to buy,…

— Pope Francis

The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.

— Felix Frankfurter

“The ‘egoism’ that is used to hurt others will hurt one’s own self. The ‘egoism’ that is used to give happiness to others becomes…

— Dada Bhagwan

Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind.

— Raymond Khoury

“How we interact in our world that we inhabit determines how much happiness human beings enjoy. The ego guides human beings in performing their…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object…

— Dalai Lama

The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of…

— Eric Hoffer

People's need to protect their own egos know no bounds. They will lie, cheat, steal, even kill, to do whatever it takes to maintain…

— Andrew Samuels