All Quotes By Tag: Greed
“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.”
“And we remember that there must be a balance. No birth without death. No life without tears. What is taken from the world must be given back, and from him who takes and does not give back, who would tip the balance of the river, from him all will be taken. No one should live forever, but should give his blood to the river when the time comes so that tomorrow another may live. And so it goes.”
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“We can thank God for the beauty in the world, and we can thank the Devil for the money.”
“Be satisfied!It’s all that God asks.”
“When it comes to my life, I may chase the pay-off of the moment or I may pay-it-forward into my future. Yet, being ‘righteous’ in these choices may grant me neither so that God might grant me everything.”
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“To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.(Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)”
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“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”
“Marty, my mother used to say “Never get greedy with God.” I think what she meant was “Don’t dare ask for more if you already have what you need.” ”
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“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of “truth”. It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil.”
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“Humility is a virtue of the heavenly, not arrogance. Are we the most superior beast on earth? No, not in strength and not in intelligence. It is very arrogant to assume that we are the most intelligent species when we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Both rats and monkeys have been shown to learn from error, yet we have not. More people have died in the name of religion than any other cause on earth. Is massacring God’s creations really serving God – or the devil? And what father would want to see his children constantly divided and fighting? What God would allow a single human life to be sacrificed for monetary gain? Again, the Creator or the devil?”
“I wonder how many world leaders, politicians, and bankers have made money on the world’s markets since Trump came to power?It would be interesting to see the market transactions because I think that they would tell an interesting story as to who, and what is being played.”
“The snake that bites its own tail shall end up consuming itself from within.”
“It’s what isn’t reported is what the news is all about.”
“Greed has shaped the world so that we all look and act like demons.It is no wonder then that our love for our fellow human beings has gone into hiding.”
“Wealth seems to follow politicians around like a dog.”Oh, how I wish that I had a dog.”