AOM Meditations: 071417

“It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.”

~Charles Alexander Eastman

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“A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick.

~John Steinbeck 

(to Adlai Stevenson)

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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

~1 Timothy 6:10

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 “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; 

life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

~Jesus

Luke 12:15