"Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind."
Read quote
18 likes
Greed quotes
Greed
635 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Greed
Browse quotes that often appear alongside greed — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Greed quotes (page 3 of 32)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil."
Read quote
18 likes
"If we human beings rely only on material development, we can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger and hatred is likely to be destructive. It will only be beneficial if we seek the welfare of all beings. Human beings are the only species with the potential to destroy the world. Because of the risks of unrestrained desire and greed we need to cultivate contentment and simplicity."
Read quote
17 likes
"Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed."
Read quote
17 likes
"Laissez-faire, supply and demand-one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause-it is the gospel of despair."
Read quote
17 likes
"If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are."
Read quote
17 likes
"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed."
Read quote
17 likes
"To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me."
Read quote
17 likes
"A house built on greed cannot long endure."
Read quote
16 likes
"It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy."
Read quote
16 likes
"To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime that you have any disease, and disease meaning lack of ease, lack of flow... dis-ease. So any time there's disease, you're out of balance, whether it's jealousy, anger, greed, anxiety, fear."
Read quote
16 likes
"There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed."
Read quote
16 likes
"What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity."
Read quote
15 likes
"The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold."
Read quote
15 likes
"One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment."
Read quote
14 likes
"The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy..."
Read quote
14 likes
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works."
Read quote
14 likes
"There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice."
Read quote
14 likes
"Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness."
Read quote
13 likes
"If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed"."
Read quote
13 likes