“We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like Judas among the disciples, it was inevitable that it should be included. The Apocalypse is the feet of clay to the grand Christian image. And down crashes the image, on the weakness of these very feet. There is Jesus--but there is also John the Divine. There is Christian love--and there is Christian envy. The former would "save" the world--the latter will never be satisfied till it has destroyed the world. They are two sides of the same medal.” WorldShouldTwoWantedChristianFatherJesusLeftSidesChurchFeetDivineWeaknessEnvyEastSatisfiedDestroyedFormerInevitableLatterCrashDiscipleTestamentApocalypseClayMedalNew TestamentTwo SidesSave The WorldLeft OutChristian LoveJudas Book:Apocalypse Source: Apocalypse
“Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way; Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught, Is all her malice worth a single thought. The wise have not the will, nor fools the power, To stop her headstrong course; within the hour Left to herself, she dies; opposing strife Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life.” MenWayGivingMindDiesCoursesLeftHoursWiseFoolIllEnvySatireStrifeMaliceBosomsDiscretionOpposingVigorHeadstrong Author:Charles Churchill
“Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.” Has BeensLeftDestructionGood ThingsEnvyMalice Author:Pythagoras
“Righteousness is a fuel that, when it has some pitch in it of ambitious rivalry and the damper's left open to envy's draught, makes a hot enough fire to cook somebody's goose in quite a hurry.” EnoughLeftFireHotEnvyCooksFuelRighteousnessAmbitiousGeeseRivalryDraught Book:Marry Me, Carry Me Source: Marry Me, Carry Me
“I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom at more mundane times. Social: to see in imagination the society that is to be created, where individuals grow freely, and where hate and greed and envy die because there is nothing to nourish them. These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken.” WorldGivingBelieveMomentsCareBeautifulHateDiesIndividualLeftI BelieveSocialGrowsImaginationVisionHorrorGreedInsightEnvyNoblePursuitGentleMundane Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best
“The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard of gloom and envy.” DreamAmericaLeftDemocraticEnvyAmerican DreamAmerican PoliticsGloomGraveyardDemocratic Leadership Author:Ronald Reagan
“I had achieved so much success in my career and then had this spectacular fall from grace that left me unemployed and living in a town, Los Angeles, that is built on envy. Once you fall, people don't really root for you to come back again. I'd go to restaurants where I always had the best table and half the time they wouldn't even let me pay. And then when I stopped making movies, the same places wouldn't even give me a lousy table, never mind the best one!” PeopleGivingMindFallLeftPayHalfCareersGraceBuiltRootsLet MeGive MeTownsTablesEnvyRestaurantsLos AngelesSpectacularUnemployedBack AgainFalls From Grace Author:Mickey Rourke