No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

— Thomas Sowell

“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing…

— Dean Koontz

“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who…

— Donna Lynn Hope

There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of one's fellow man.

— Groucho Marx

Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.”

— Jeff Wheeler

I avoid envy at all costs.

— Claudia Winkleman

Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer…

— Edouard Boubat

avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.

— St. Catherine of Siena

“You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they…

— John Milton

“Who would have thought you had so many supporters?" she whispered. "Not mine, my love. Yours. I had not a one till you started…

— Michele Sinclair

“Treachery is always a hairy caterpillar bred of a small butterfly called envy, no matter how lofty the principles involved.”

— Fazil Iskander

Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks…

— Julie Foudy

“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a…

— Zadie Smith