You want Paradise, you gotta build it on war, on blood, on envy and naked greed. — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
I left the library. Crossing the street, I was hit head-on by a brutal loneliness. I felt dark and hollow. Abandoned, unnoticed,… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
The destructive fixation of the envious English-Canadian mind requires that the highest, happiest most agile flyers be laid low. [It is] a… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
“Jealousy is perhaps the most involuntary of all strong emotions. It steals consciousness, it lies deeper than thought. It is always there,… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him. — Ovid Copy Share Image
The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
O thou who art able to write a book which once in the two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment — Betty White Copy Share Image
People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Drop envy and jealousy, otherwise there is no possibility - because love cannot exist where envy and jealousies exist. Then your search… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
DJ Envy's definitely talk about me, but I'm one of many. I was under the assumption that he had kids but wasn't… — Erica Mena Copy Share Image
No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Not a single thought managed to take shape in her mind: for the likeness of this day to the last seemed to… — Ismail Kadaré Copy Share Image
Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
My own interest is the responsibility of people to be responsible for their own lives and, with their neighbors, for their public… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people,… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Unlock joy in any situation! True understanding and mutual respect do not bridge blames, destructive, negative criticisms, false excuses and gossips. To… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
