“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 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.
“Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.”
“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.”
“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”
“There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.”
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.”
“Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.”
“I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.”
“Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.”
“A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.”
“The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.”
“Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.”
“It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.”