હું તમારા માટે ગરીબીની બાબતમાં ડરતો નથી, પરંતુ તમારા માટે સંપત્તિની અતિશયતાની બાબતમાં ડરું છું.
I do not fear poverty for you, but rather I fear the abundance of wealth for you.
I do not fear poverty for you, but rather I fear the abundance of wealth for you.
Greed is hotter than fire.
Greed is the root of poverty and the foundation of evil.
How evil is the hoarder! If God lowers the prices (of goods) he feels sad, and if God raises the prices he becomes happy.
The most grateful of people is the one who is most content, and the most ungrateful for blessings is the greediest.
Know that cowardice, stinginess, and greed are of the same nature, brought together by mistrust.
A wealthy person will not escape one of three things: either wealth is made alluring in their eyes so they withhold it from those entitled to it, or it is made easy for them to obtain so they spend it where no one is entitled to it, or love for it fills their heart so they acquire it unlawfully.
Good health and insatiable greed do not coexist.
The most humiliated among people are the greedy, the covetous, and the suspicious.
The person who makes greed his habit will continually face disappointment.
A servant is free as long as they are content, and a free person is a servant as long as they are greedy.
Curtail your greed, and be content with what is apportioned for your livelihood, so that you may safeguard your faith.
Preserving what is in your hands is better for you than seeking what is in the hands of others.
The most grateful of people is the most content, and the most ungrateful for blessings is the greediest.
The one who is greedy for worldly things is like a silkworm; the more it wraps itself in silk, the further its escape becomes, until it dies of suffocation.
Most often, intellect is struck down beneath the flashes of greed.
Love of worldly gain gives rise to greed.