Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 1: Arjuna's Despair
Bhagavad Gita 1.38
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः ।
कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ | kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||
Even if they, their minds overpowered by greed, see no wrong in destroying a family and no crime in betraying friends,
Modern context
Arjuna describes greed exactly: it does not make people cruel so much as blind. Those in its grip truly cannot see the damage they are doing. It is worth asking where our own wanting has narrowed what we are able to see.