“The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as nowhere else, you feel a total absence of the spirit: herds of men who cannot count past three, herds more who cannot get past six, scorn for pure science and demoniacal respect for the present. And the terrible thing is that the crowd that fills the street believes that the world will always be the same and that it is their duty to keep that huge machine running, day and night, forever.” MenWorldFeelsBelieveRunningEarthPastSpiritNightThreeForeverStreetsDutyHugeWallColdTerriblePureSixFlowRiversGoldMachinesGreedCrowdsAbsenceMaterialismScornTerrible ThingsHerdsDay And NightAvarice Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“Purposeless activity may be a phase of death.” MayActivityGreedMaterialismPhasesAvarice Author:Pearl S. Buck
“Possessions are usually diminished by possession.” GreedPossessionMaterialismAvarice Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.” RealProblemJobsMotherDifficultEnemySeaFieldsWallOceanGunEnvironmentalMotherhoodCuresConvinceVegetarianConservationHuntersMother NatureFormidableEnvironmental ProblemsSalvageOcean Conservation Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau
“The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.” MenMayBodyHe ManGreedPetMaterialismLionsAvarice Book:John Climacus (CWS) Source: John Climacus (CWS)
“All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.” EndsJoyGreedMaterialismAvarice Author:Thomas a Kempis
“It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as a vehicle for achieving all of that. Like, if you give a tithe, He'll make you rich. Why? Are you hacking Him off or something? If you give a tithe, you get rid of ten percent of the root of all evil. You should be giving ninety percent. Cause God can handle money better than we can.” IfsThinkingGivingShouldUseAmericaEvilJesusCausesChurchPleasureRichAchieveTenWorshipPercentRootsGreedHandleMaterialismDisabilityLeisureVehicleNinetyAvariceAffluenceHackingTithe Author:Rich Mullins
“The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.” WorldLifeShouldEndsRichGreedMaterialismGet RichAvarice Author:B. C. Forbes
“Those who own much have much to fear.” InspirationalGreedMind Your Own Business Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.” MenWorldSoulHateMiseryGreedMaterialismDictatorAvariceGeeseClevernessBloodshed Author:Charlie Chaplin