Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 18, p. 84]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘No one is more despicable than a greedy person.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا أذَلَّ مِن طامِعٍ .
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10593]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The intellects are most often destroyed as a result of their subservience to bursts of avid desires.’[Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 19, p. 41]
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 19, p. 41]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Piety and greed can never come together.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَجتَمِعُ الوَرَعُ والطَّمَعُ.
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10578]
Description: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.) said in one of his supplications, ‘When I consider my sins my Lord, I am horrified [at them], and when I consider Your pardon, I am avidly eager [for it].’
الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في الدعاءِ ـ: إذا رَأيتُ مَولايَ ذُنُوبي فَزِعتُ، وإذا رَأيتُ عَفوَكَ طَمِعتُ .
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Bihar al-Anwar, v. 98, p. 83, no. 2]