Quotes about Greed

For five hundred years, Christian teachers defined and redefined salvation almost entirely in individualistic terms, while well-disguised social evils—greed, pride, ambition, deceit, gluttony—moved to the highest levels of power and influence, even in our churches.

It is strange that when people have so much, they are so anxious about not having enough—to do, to see, to own, to fix, to control, to change.

The denied sins that are really destroying the world are much more the sins that we often admire and fully accept in our public figures: pride, ambition, greed, gluttony, false witness, legitimated killing, vanity, et cetera. That is hard to deny.

The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly.

Money holds terrible power when it is loved.

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.

Attachment to money will always create insecurity no matter how much money you have in the bank.

Karma means always wanting more of what won't get you anywhere in the first place.

Greed comes from the same lack mindset as poverty.

You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!

It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!