#envy

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #need #numerous #single #thorns

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #believe #course #envy #even

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#avarice #envy #fire #hearts #pride

I almost envy people who say whatever they want. ↗

— Kate Bosworth

#envy #i #people #say #want

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy. ↗

— Roger Tory Peterson

#birds #envy #fly #free #kind

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#jealousy #neighborhood #jealousy

When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me. ↗

— William P. Smith

#coveting #envy #gifts #theology #love

Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within the problem: for instance, envy is one of the most excused sins in the media of political correctness. Those you find most attractive, or seem to have it all, are often some of the most insecure at heart, and that is because people assume that they do not need anything but defamation. ↗

— Criss Jami

#attractiveness #compassion #comprehensive #defamation #discernment

Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#joy #envy

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. ↗

— Criss Jami

#adversity #artist #craftiness #craftsmanship #crafty