Greed never allows you to think you have enough; it always destroys you by making you strive ever harder for more.
BENJAMIN BLECH
BENJAMIN BLECH
Benjamin Blech on greed
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In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.
Ajahn SumedhoAjahn Sumedho And if that’s your sole motivation, it’s going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you’re going to hear it in the music.
Aimee MannAimee Mann I certainly understand that we’re all trying to make a living, but I’m not thinking about that when I’m making it.
Aimee MannAimee Mann I think just being together and talking would be nice. But when we grow old, when greed and vanity will be completely gone, when I will be tired of singing can I return to that place too?
Ai YazawaAi Yazawa Hell has three hates: lust, anger and greed.
AnonymousAnonymous Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.
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