A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Although our "gentle air" cannot improve the way hate and envy look, it does seem not to encourage firmness and decision. All… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
“This not-hotness had weighed heavily on his mind, but he tried to dismiss it as envy. Envy was just the tax you… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“And secretly I fell prey to the one of the besetting sins of western intellectuals, which normally I abhor: I began to… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love!… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Pride,” he said. I frowned at them. “Come again.” “My name is Pride,” he said. His voice was a touch apologetic as… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“When we were children, Bapi used to dress us up in the same clothes, going to Apsara for ‘Titanic’ or reruns of… — Kunal Sen Copy Share Image
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy. Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld That awareness is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many… — Robert Fulton Copy Share Image
“I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I… — Leila Aboulela Copy Share Image
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
The idea of equality is a by-product of the sentiment of envy. Since it must always prove beyond human ower to raise… — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
Each person's drive to overwork is unique, and doing too much numbs every workaholic's emotions differently. Sometimes overwork numbs depression, sometimes anger,… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“We have reached a stage in evolution which is not the final stage. We must pass through it quickly, for if we… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. It… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
“There are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family… — Kevin Connolly Copy Share Image
I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Any love is natural and beautiful that lies within a person’s nature; only hypocrites would hold a man responsible for what he… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“New York is Babylon : Brooklyn is the truly Holy City. New York is the city of envy, office work, and hustle;… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The Green Rose by Stewart Stafford Through fractured eyes, I see the rose I once plucked, In another man's hands. And mistakes… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Being married to those sleepy-souled women is just like playing at cards for nothing: no passion is excited and the time is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“You can feel anything. All is free for you to feel. But I guarantee you that if you allow yourself to feel… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Don't envy results, seek to know the process. Don't want a man's glory till you hear his story. Sometimes what you see… — Kingsley Opuwari Manuel Copy Share Image
Certainly, envy is no monopoly of the poor; it makes itself felt in all sections of society; it haunts the court, the… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Yet the people, and even the clergy, incapable of forming any rational judgment of the business of peace and war, presumed to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
![“The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at. There’s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want to get on that trolley?” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/charlie-munger-458_caring_the-idea-of-caring-is-that-someone-is-ma_2899839.jpg)
