It is in the character of very few people to honour a prosperous friend without envy, and these very few people tend to become best friends. – Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Envy slays itself by its own arrows.
Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt. – Terri Guillemets
As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy. – Antisthenes
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. – John Dryden
Envy is for people who don’t have the self-esteem to be jealous. – Benson Bruno
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. – George Bernard Shaw
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. – Mark Twain
In the East a man becomes divine only when he is no longer jealous, a man is thought to be enlightened only when he is no longer jealous. Jealousy is a by-product of the ego and when the ego disappears jealousy disappears. You cannot offend a buddha. Whatsoever you do you cannot offend him. – Osho
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. – Honore de Balzac
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. – Ambrose Bierce
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. – Regina Brett
Jealousy is the great exaggerator.
Drop jealousy and love wells up. Jealousy means that I am the owner. It is an ego trip, and wherever there is ego there is poison, and the poison kills the very source of love. One has to become aware of just these few things and discard them and one’s life becomes a lotus of love. And then there is no need to go in any search of god, god will come in search of you. This is my observation, that god always comes seeking the true seeker. Whenever the disciple is ready the master appears. – Osho
You talk it, we live it, You’re Jealous ADMIT IT.
Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit.
I’ve spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion. – Astrid Alauda
Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths. – Miguel de Cervantes
We human beings are what we have been for millions of years – colossally greedy, envious, aggressive, jealous, anxious and despairing, with occasional flashes of joy and affection. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. – Honoré de Balzac
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