Malcolm X Quotes

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

Envy is human nature.

Carrying envy makes life more difficult.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we hadn't taken. Envy is frequently corrosive and destructive.

Jealousy is a hell of a thing. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.

What is envy? It is nothing but passive jealousy. Maybe jealousy is too strong a phenomenon; envy is a little passive. The difference may be of degrees, but it is not of quality, it is only of quantity. Envy can become jealousy at any moment; envy is just jealousy in progress. Mind has to drop all envies and jealousies.

I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

I do not say anything from jealousy.