#reed

Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#greed #greed

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16) ↗

— Confucius

#china #consumerism #greed #greed

Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#greed #hate #greed

Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, 'We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave ... ↗

— The Eagles

#california #gluttony #greed #shallowness #sin

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#capitalism #corruption #greed #politics #politics-of-the-united-states

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began- Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#crocodile #curiosity #greed #kite #greed

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed. ↗

— Stephen King

#greed #hypocrecy #greed

Those who try to juggle wisdom, power and greed, drop one of the balls, every time.” —Zarost ↗

— Greg Hamerton

#fantasy-fiction #greed #power #wisdom #greed

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason justice denies that the loss of freedom for some is made right by a greater good shared by others. It does not allow that the sacrifices imposed on a few are outweighed by the larger sum of advantages enjoyed by many. Therefore in a just society the liberties of equal citizenship are taken as settled; the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests. ↗

— John Rawls

#individuals #justice #liberalism #philosophy #social-institutions

I'm standing for real freedom. ↗

— Todd Akin

#i #real #real freedom #standing