"There is no wealth but life."

“We spend so long trying to get what everyone else has, that we don’t even realize that we all ready have it all.”

- Anthony T. Hincks

Tag: already-have, get, greed, life, lust, philosphy, realize, spend, time,

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“Gradually it became known that the new race had a definite purpose, and that purpose was to chart and possess the whole country, regardless of the rights of its earlier inhabitants. Still the old chiefs cautioned their people to be patient, for, said they, the land is vast, both races can live on it, each in their own way. Let us therefore befriend them and trust their friendship. While they reasoned thus, the temptations of graft and self-aggrandizement overtook some of the leaders.”

- Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman,

Tag: greed, history, time,

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“The God I believe in isn’t short on cash, mister.”

- Bono

Tag: greed, money, religion,

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“Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.”

- Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tag: adage, adages, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, belief, beliefs, deep, dictum, dictums, endurance, endure, epigram, epigrams, gnome, gnomes, greed, greedy, humor, humour, ignorance, ignorant, insightful, knowledge, knowledgeable, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, misbelief, misbeliefs, old, old-age, old-age-home, old-age-homes, preservation, preserve, problem, problems, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, retire, retired, retirement, satire, satirical, saying, sayings, social, social-ill, social-ills, societal, society, stamina, stupid, stupidity, thought-provoking, thoughtful, wisdom, wise, young,

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“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.”

- Mokokoma Mokhonoana,

Tag: acquisitiveness, adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, avarice, axiom, axioms, capitalism, civilization, civilize, civilized, contagious, covetousness, cupidity, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, greed, greedy, humor, humorous, humour, impossible, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, materialism, maxim, maxims, mental-illness, mentally-ill, mercenariness, philosopher, possible, profound, progress, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, rapacity, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, selfish, selfishness, selfless, selflessness, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful,

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“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human beings, because they—unlike all companies—have the means of reproduction.”

- Mokokoma Mokhonoana,

Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, birth, birthrate, birthrates, business, businesses, buy, buyer, child, childfree, childless, children, commerce, community, companies, company, consumer, consumers, countries, country, death-rate, death-rates, deep, dependent, dependents, depopulation, dictum, dictums, economic-growth, economics, economy, employ, employed, employment, endeavor, endeavors, endeavour, endeavours, epigram, epigrams, exploit, exploitation, funny, gnome, gnomes, greed, greedy, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, job, jobs, kid, kids, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, means, means-of-production, means-of-reproduction, obtain, philosopher, population, population-pyramid, pregnancy, pregnant, procreate, procreation, production, profit, profitability, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, reproduce, reproduction, retain, retire, retirement, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, selfish-selfishness, sell, sellers, selling, sex, sexual-intercourse, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful, unemployed, unemployment, wealth, wealthy, work, worker, workers,

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“We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all have forever in the end.”

- Jessica Khoury,

Tag: death, greed, immortality, impatience, life-after-death, mortality, patience,

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“There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.”

- Terry Pratchett,

Tag: death, going-postal, greed, life, money, philosophy-religion, terry-pratchett,

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“If they succeed, it will not matter if Man becomes immortal.He will have nothing to live for.”

- James Edwin Gunn,

Tag: death, greed, greed-of-man, immortality, life, man-s-pride, page-58, true,

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“Innocence bears no weight to the cruel at heart, for their goals seek nothing more than selfishness and greed”

- Robert Vanleeuwen

Tag: cruelty, greed, hope, innocence, life, love, selfishness, truth,

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“Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.”

- Michael Connelly,

Tag: greed, materialism, money, success, wealth,

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“There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear…” he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, “Revenge.”

- Ally Carter,

Tag: boredom, faith, fear, greed, joe-solomon, love, motivation, revenge,

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“Vanquish the blaze of pride, greed, and envy with appreciation, kindness, and compassion.”

- Debasish Mridha

Tag: appreciation, debasish-mridha, debasish-mridha-md, envy, greed, inspirational, kindness, philosophy, pride, quotes,

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“The God I believe in believes in me and won’t silence my heart or others based on a paycheck at the end of the day.”

- Shannon Alder

Tag: confidence, greed, hope,

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“I’m fat because I’m greedy, and if my mind is fat it’s because I’m curious.”

- Stephen Fry

Tag: curiosity, greed, knowledge,

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