Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes the envious to think: I might have been in his place. — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him. — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes the envious… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually nothing to… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
“The utopian desire for an egalitarian society cannot, however, have sprung from any other motive than that of an inability to come to terms… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
