Jealousy is the emotion nobody wants to admit to but everybody recognizes. These quotes examine envy, comparison, possessiveness, and the surprisingly useful information that jealousy can reveal about what you actually want.
“Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.”
“Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?”
“I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.”
“But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods.”
“Jealousy is the grave of affection.”
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.”
“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”
“I like jealous men. I love jealousy. I do.”
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
“Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.”
“That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.”
“When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.”
“Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.”
“I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.”
“Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.”
“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”