Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control.
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.
Greed is a sin because humans are social creatures. And they simply cannot survive without the opposite of greed, which is cooperation.
Greed is normally balanced by fear.
I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.
Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
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