GREED IS CONSTANT GRIEF ' ~ Chinese proverb 

'GREED IS CONSTANT GRIEF ' ~ Chinese proverb 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU

' As with the opposite chief feature of self-destruction, greed stems from a basic fear of life. To be exact, greed is driven by a fundamental sense of deprivation, a need for something that is lacking or unavailable.

Greed is the tendency to selfish craving, grasping and hoarding. It is defined as:

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Other names for greed include avarice, covetousness and cupidity.

When this feeling of lack is particularly strong, a person can become utterly fixated on seeking what they “need”, always trying to get hold of the one thingthat will finally eliminate the deep-rooted feeling of not having enough.

That one thing could be money, power, sex, food, attention, knowledge … just about anything. It could be something concrete or abstract, real or symbolic. But it will be something very specific on which the entire need-greed complex becomes fixated.

Once that happens, life becomes a quest to acquire as much of it as possible.'

Paragraphs extrected from :

http://personalityspirituality.net/articles/the-michael-teachings/chief-features/greed/