Victory over Greed Means Keeping Nothing

The Institutes, the Conferences and On the Incarnation

The Institutes, Book 7

Victory over Greed Means Keeping Nothing

This, then, is the perfect victory over greed: not to let a gleam of even its smallest scrap remain in our heart. For we know that if we cherish even the tiniest spark of it in us, we will no longer have the power to put it out.