Why me?” I secreted into her ear.“You were the only one I saw,” she whispered back, making my heart burst.

Private Latimer had become a monster, and he must have guessed this was so. Did a girl love him before? Could she continue to?

That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.”(Analects 4.16)

Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.

The whole idea of government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.

A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.

Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.

Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.

There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody, but not enough for the greed of even a significant minority.

Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.

Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his Deen (Religion).