#greed

Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#evil #greed #objectivism #greed

The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment. ↗

— Confucius

#consumerism #greed #materialism #profit #greed

Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough. ↗

— Janwillem van de Wetering

#greed

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#government #greed #national-troubles #problems #problems-in-the-world

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. ↗

— Socrates

#contentment #gluttony #greed #greed

So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#soul #greed

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#fire #folly #greed #hatred #passion

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful ↗

— Warren Buffett

#greed #investment-advice #greed

If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#greed

I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of a feverish greed to be able to swallow the ending – sweet or sour – and to be done with what I need never have embarked on. Are you in my case? Or are you a more discriminating reader? Do you lay aside the unprofitable? ↗

— A.S. Byatt

#greed