“Who is the greedy person? It’s him, who doesn’t content himself with what he has. And who strips others? He who steals what belongs to the others. And you think that you are not greedy, and that you do not strip the others…. What was granted to you, in order for you to take care of the others, you took it and you made it your own. The bread that you possess belongs to the hungry. The clothes that you store in boxes, belong to the naked. The shoes rotting by you, belong to the bare-foot. The money that you hide belongs to anyone in need. You wrong as many people as you could help.” Basil the Great
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