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.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Greed drives endless production and consumption without regard for nature or human life.
- In plain terms
- Greed cares only about making and spending money, not people or beauty.
- What can you take from it?
- Unchecked greed destroys life and beauty for profit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives your consumption habits?
- How do you value nature versus profit?
Another view
It oversimplifies complex economic motivations as purely greedy.
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