Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop.
(n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Greed is taking more than you need to feed. Avarice is hoarding, and stockpiling stolen, rotten goods.
Income from labor [in the United States] is about as unequally distributed as has ever been observed anywhere.
The one whose kashays, (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) are gone is worthy of worship. The absence of inner intent of kashays is indeed Gnani!
Loan sharking may mean investment and immediate solutions but desperate loan sharks, who are short of cash, abuse your rights and attack other people's home. ~ Odyssey of a Heart, Home of a Soul
Great difficult is the dogged bedfellow of great wealth, which always renders great wealth as less than great. Yet, great wealth as bequeathed by God is robustly free of such travails, which always re...
Tyrants don't become a success.They become obsessed!
The happiest people are not the ones with the best or the most things, but those who most appreciate what they have.
We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.
By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.
[A]nd you may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters he often bestow
I constantly pack my pockets full of worthless trinkets, and in such misguided gorging I leave my heart empty and my soul emaciated because I have forgotten everything but trinkets.
When greed transcends rationale, morality becomes irrelevant.
I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless c...
These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dolla...
If necessity is the mother of invention, then surely greed must be the father. Children of this odd couple are named: Laziness, Envy, Greed, Jr., Gluttony, Lust, Anger and Pride.
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
His strength for your weakness! His wisdom for your folly! His drive for your drift! His grace for your greed! His love for your lust! His peace for your problems! His joy for your sorrow! His plenty...
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