We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes read more

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. read more

The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is read more

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.