Greed

Greed is to claim as one’s own when it is not needed

Greed is to store for the future when another needs now.

Greed is to demand of the poor what they cannot afford.

Greed is the non-stop growth of wealth.

Greed is to keep in one’s pocket what should be in the hand of the beggar.

Greed is a community of excess beside a community of lack.

Beware the many manifestations of greed, for in it one finds only death.