October 1, 2008

need and greed

What a sorry state we get ourselves into

when we build an idol to our

greedy secular desires.

Haven’t we learned anything?

Do we still not understand what happens

when we take our eyes off of our God ?

“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 out of them,

molding them into money.”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need,

but not every man's greed”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“… the greed is the unraveling.

…and it undoes all the joy that could be.”

- Joni Mitchell