Defeating Envy Quotes

#1. We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought, fearing that if we do not hold to them with the utmost tenacity, everything will vanish into chaos. We

Alan W. Watts

#2. There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#3. The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

Benjamin Franklin

#4. But there's no joy at all, people say "Oh well he's drunk and happy let him sleep it off"
The poor drunkard is *crying*
He's crying for his mother and father and great brother and great friend, he's crying for help. (p.111)

Jack Kerouac

#5. I sometimes don't wash my hair for two weeks. That's pretty disgusting. It's short, so sometimes it's easier to just wet it.

Amanda Abbington

#6. A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

Hillel The Elder

#7. Every religion, in my opinion, has something to bring, and I think we all learn from everyone that there's no right, perfect way to look at something.

Ron Howard

#8. quarrel with Yeremi at the time, still Chigirin

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#9. Angels, demons, sex. Heaven, hell, war. Blood and royalty, history and magic, fire and ice. And a story you cannot put down. This is fantasy at its best.

Stephen Graham Jones

#10. It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

Oprah Winfrey

#11. Dropped a peanut in my belly button, do I eat it or ...

Luke Hemmings

#12. When we feel the poetic thrill, is it not that we find sweep in the concise and depth in the clear, as we might find all the lights of the sea in the water of a jewel? And what is a philosophic thought but such an epitome?

George Santayana

#13. According to Aristotle, envy is pain for the presence of good things in others, whereas emulation is pain for their absence in us. This is a subtle but critical difference. Unlike envy, which is self-defeating, emulation is a good thing because it makes us take steps towards securing good things.

Neel Burton

#14. Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder.

Heinrich Heine