William Penn wrote: “Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.” What is Creator’s perspective?

We like this quote because it is a good explication of an important principle regarding morality, ethics, and the karmic consequences of being out of divine alignment and what constitutes a transgression of that sort. This creates a very clear statement, that wanting to possess something not of one's own but belonging to someone else is a fundamental moral error. It is one step beyond having a similar desire be stirred up; for example, meeting a couple and noting the wife is particularly attractive might create yearnings within someone who does not have a life partner yet, or perhaps feels they got shortchanged in their choices and are stuck with someone they no longer care so much for and might be smitten by a new female who excites them and represents a higher standard. To covet the image of that person and want a change of venue is flirting with abandonment, neglect, and violation of sacred vows in some cases, all of which are a moral transgression in one degree or another. This particular circumstance, as you know, is enshrined in the original Ten Commandments, not that they are the be-all and end-all of divine injunctions, but "coveting thy neighbor's wife," as one of the notable transgressions, speaks to the issue of having boundaries and having a line one does not cross because that will trigger fear and mistrust, potentially, that acts as a besmirching of others, a disregard for their stability and welfare, simply to indulge inner desires and acting on an impulse that is impure to begin with. "Money is the root of all evil" misses the mark, although it is the time-honored way of discussing the tension between good and bad when it comes to material possessions and dealing with financial issues. We have explained through your channel that most people are misquoting the original divine injunction because that statement is wrong. The true injunction is, "The love of money is the root of all evil." Money in itself is neither good nor bad, it is what the intentions are, for its acquisition and deployment that determine whether there is something out of divine alignment in play. Most forms of excess are a karmic error to some degree or another and the same is true about seeking wealth for its own sake. Hoarding, becoming a miser, and failing to care for others when one is quite able to do so are all a fault of some sort and will be reckoned with by the Law of Karma. So in this clearer description about the root of all evil, the love of money is a form of covetousness or coveting, so the use of the latter term, as you are discussing in your questions today, is quite useful because there are many forms of coveting people can fall into when not considering the need for balance in all things, to serve the self as a duty to the soul but not at great expense to others, just as going out of one's way to favor others at a harm to one's own safety and well-being is a moral error also, because it is an abandonment of the self when you are your own responsibility, first and foremost.