I’ve learnt to gather simplicity from grasshoppers. I like their naive indecisive minds never knowing exactly when to stop chirping, and I envy their ability to be able to mingle with the green…

Jealousy was essentially “I want what you have,” while envy was “I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can’t have it.

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

When you begin to walk your own journey, to have your own unique conversation, you will naturally stop feeling envious of others. Not because you’ll realize your desires are different from theirs, but because they...

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

Beware of destructive individuals whose spirits breathe every day the worst toxic oxygen of the soul, “SALIGIA” Superbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia.No matter how much goodness, patience, understanding, assistance, forgiveness and letting go...

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

I admired him more than anyone but I didn’t wish him well. It was that I preferred him to me and wanted to be him. I coveted his talents, face, style. I wanted to wake...

Why envy someone else’s success when God has already blessed you with a mind to strive and achieve yours?

I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I circle back, I regress, the past doesn’t let go. It might as well...

thing” as an indifferent occasion for overcoming the oppressive feeling of inferiority which results from his constant comparisons.

Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)

Don’t envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it.

When the rush of the weak sweeps over those that strive to be strong, its destruction. The commonplaces of moral judgment become fogged with the lack of perception stained with the sting of longing. The...

When you loathe yourself, a true friend will respect your honesty. And if you’ve been fortunate in life, he will probably share your opinion.

Often change yourself, when you see that people envy you : they will start to change themselves too, but at that time YOU will not envy them…

[He] was a brilliant man. People tend to become wary of individuals like him because their brilliance reminds them of their own mediocrity. Envy is a blind man who wants to pull out your eyes.

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.

Don’t ever feel sad about who you are. Don’t wish to be a daughter or son to a wealthy home, just because you think you’re poor. Look! Everybody’s poor, i discovered it when i realized...

I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.

Envy, is Pride’s greatest Fear.

If you walk on sunlight, bathe in moonlight, breathe in a golden air and exhale a Midas’ touch; mark my words, those who exist in the shadows will try to pull you into the darkness...

Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor’s buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

the target of the masses is that which stands out of the masses

Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this...

You sometimes heard about the marginally talented wives of powerful men publishing children’s books or designing handbags or, most commonly, becoming photographers. There might even be a show of the wife’s work in a well-known...

get all the breaks.

Envy suggests inferiority.

To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish.

Unlock joy in any situation!True understanding and mutual respect do not bridge blames, destructive, negative criticisms, false excuses and gossips. To express disappointments and ill-feelings are normal however to gossip around certain people and events...

My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.

Some people can’t stand to see others succeed with their dreams. But little do they know that it is a blessing to know a lot of successful people, because they can motivate one to push...

She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She’d become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was...

Envy is an envious person and truth they don’t like to wear

Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don’t like it, or I suspect it is better than my...

If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy.

I admire Shakespeare enormously. But since I can’t be him, I’m glad that his marriage was unhappy and he’s dead.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be...

When you have wit of your own, it’s a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

I’ve always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute.

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power.

Envy aims very high.