Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act. 734
I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don’t think that way. I still don’t have a ‘bliss’ to follow. For people like me – I suspect that’s most people – holding out for a ‘dream’ or a ‘passion’ is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That’s hard enough… but it’s enough. 2.49K
I envy the happiness of others… I envy the sense of belonging… I seem always to be remaking myself. 579
You can say I had a severe case of ‘Roots’ envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to… do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa. 2.39K
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. 2.27K
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you. 579
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. 2.34K
Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it 2.38K
