Greed is like a dark side of every man, and you could not see it from the appearance of a man, but in the inside the greedy beast already dominating you.
Steven Eric ChenThere was a time when our greed had not yet surpassed our imaginations as our greatest asset.
Thomas WarfieldTag: imagination greed
Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: 'I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.
Mark TwainTag: money greed credit promise
The real problem is I'm greedy. I want complete, utter, unceasing bliss. But I don't want to fall into it either. If happiness were money I wouldn't want to win the lottery. I want to accomplish it, urn it as John Houseman would say. I want it to be an achievement because I want to be in control of my life. I don't want things to happen to me, I want them to happen because of me. Power I want. I want to feel the way I do when I stretch a new canvas and I want to feel that way all the time. the blank canvas fills me with the power of imminent creation. I'm its god an it always bends to my will and when I'm done I know, inside, that it's markedly better than what almost all of my similarly-engaged others can achieve. That's happiness.
Sergio de la PavaTag: life money happiness power control greed
If you always try to measure yourself with
money... well, it's like counting backwards, the more you
keep on, the less you'll have to show for it.
Tag: money wealth self-esteem greed gratitude charity young-adult young-adult-fiction middle-grade
Whatever worldly thing we may covet - zealously striving to obtain and then retain - never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious spiral, as we seek greater and greater gratification but find less and less contentment. . . . Striving to acquire the things of the world not only does not bring lasting happiness and peace, but it drives us to seek more. When "all we've ever wanted" is grounded in the temporal trappings of this world, it is never enough!
Brent TopTag: happiness peace contentment jealousy greed envy coveting
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
SocratesTag: wisdom truth philosophy greed socrates
It does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants
Louisa May AlcottTag: desires greed restraint want
When the human being says:
'It is not true...'
He may mean:
'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'
Or:
'I don't like it.
Tag: ignorance greed desire instructions
She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.
George R.R. MartinTag: love power greed tyrion-lannister cersei-lannister a-dance-with-dragons
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