Quotes on Jealousy Envy

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feeling, inventions, moods, no surprises in bed. Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all of the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, novels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded.