Coveting (6)



The best remedy is contentment. If we are content with our own, we shall not covet that which is another's.


   1.5K        0
If we covet heaven more, we shall covet earth less. To those who stand on the top of the Alps, the great cities of Campania seem but as small villages; so if our hearts were more fixed upon the Jerusalem above, all worldly things would disappear, would diminish, and be as nothing in our eyes.


   1K        0
A covetous man is like a bee that gets into a barrel of honey, and there drowns itself. As a ferryman takes in so many passengers to increase his fare, that he sinks his boat; so a covetous man takes in so much gold to increase his estate, that he drowns himself in perdition.


   1K        0
A man is given to covetousness when he so sets his heart upon worldly things, that for the love of them, he will part with heavenly; for the 'wedge of gold,' he will part with the 'pearl of price.'The Ten Commandments, 175


   1K        0
A man may be said to be given to covetousness, when all his discourse is about the world.The Ten Commandments, 175


   1K        0

Get notified when new 'Coveting' quotes come out?


v3.9    © 2025 StephenRamsay.com    
Contact Us