Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.
Always somewhere there is fire or smoke, insistent reminders of the greed consuming the world
(n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
Paltry supply with capable means is one face of iniquity.
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
he who is greedy is always in want
Money!It's all about money!It's all it ever is these days!
If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled.
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and la...
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
When does one become free from all tubers (of the mind)? When one becomes free of kashayas (anger-pride-deceit-greed). Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) are tubers themselves.
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.
With golden giftes and many a guilefull word
Humankind has not learned about balance, let alone practiced it. It is guided by greed and ambition, steered by fear. In this way it will eventually destroy itself. But nature will survive; at least t...
Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed.
The difference between greed and goals is what you are prepared to handle...
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
Being comfortable with the lies can be catastrophic.
There is no more destructive force in human affairs -- not greed, not hatred -- than the desire to have been right. Non-attachment to possessions is trivial when compared with non-attachment to opinio...
The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.
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