Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

The love of money is the root of all evil." The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The world's going a little berserk. Too much greed and not enough good sense.

Take off your hat, the King said to the Hatter. It isn't mine, said the Hatter. Stolen! the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who instantly made a memorandum of the fact. I keep them to sell, the Hatter added as an explanation; I've none of my own. I'm a hatter.

Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

It is at last beginning to be realized that great wealth is not necessary for a happy and satisfactory life.

Power and wealth increase in direct proportion to a man's distance from the material objects from which wealth and power are ultimately derived.