 Asteya as virtue demands that not only one "not steal" through one's action, one shouldn't want to encourage cheating through speech or writing, or want to cheat even in one's thinking.Smith states that the virtue of "asteya" arises out of the understanding that all misappropriation is an expression of craving and a feeling of lack of compassion for other beings.To steal or want to steal expresses lack of faith in oneself, one's ability to learn and create property.