"Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him.(Saadi)"

"Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy."

"if... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity"

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

"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."

"Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'."

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

"When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial."

"I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia"

"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."