Greed
Among the many other questions raised by the nebulous concept of “greed” is why it is a term applied almost exclusively to those who want to earn more money or to keep what they have already earned – never to those wanting to take other people’s money in taxes or to those wishing to live on the largesse dispensed from such taxation. No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Described, Dispensed, Exclusively, Famous, Government, Greed, Money, Nebulous, Question
It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it “greed” to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed to want to take away what somebody else has earned, and let politicians use it to buy votes.
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Famous, Greed, Intelligentsia, Meaningful, Politician, Votes, Want
I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Famous, Feelings, Greed, Meaningful, Money, Understood, Want
Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed – but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Disordered, Famous, Feelings, Greed, Hate, Injustice, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, People, Positive, Soul, War
Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail to do so will slowly perish. . . . There must be re-education of the will and of the heart as well as of the intellect; and the ideals of service must supplant those of selfishness and greed.
Author: G. Stanley HallTopics: Education, Famous, Greed, Hearts, Ideals, Nations, Problem, Selfishness, Service, Survives
The greed for fruit misses the flower.
Author: Rabindranath TagoreTopics: Famous, Greed, Life, Meaningful
Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves–from our recklessness or our greed.
Author: Queen Elizabeth IITopics: Famous, Greed, Kindness, Meaningful