“It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach.” ConsciousnessGreedConsumerismAssociatesGreedyReproachOverconsumption Author:Charles Horton Cooley
“Greed, fear, lust, hate, jealousy, these are part of reality too ... bundles of consciousness wrapped tightly, barbs on which you can injure yourself, volatile energies that serve as separations between yourself and perfect stillness.” RealityHateEnergyPerfectConsciousnessBuddhismGreedSeparationLustPurityStillnessBundlesBarbs Author:Frederick Lenz
“Purity means lack of hatred, jealousy, fear, greed and lust - the absence of anything that can stain consciousness.” MeanConsciousnessBuddhismHatredGreedAbsenceLustPurityStains Author:Frederick Lenz
“What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.” ConsciousnessDisciplineUnityGreedDefeatTechnologicalSuperiorityLawlessness Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*.” SoulSelfMomentsBodyConsciousnessWonderMysteryTalentPossibilityThousandCuriosityGreedYou ChooseToysSuperficialFleetingCastingAnchorsHinderExcludedMystery Of LifeCongruence Author:Dag Hammarskjold