Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld.
“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.”
“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”
“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”
“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”
“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
“Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, they are almost inc...”
“And yes, Ill admit, I am jealous. Im jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought....”
“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.”
“My soul.My spirit.My strength.”
“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what youre wearing, who youre around, what youre doing. Recreate and repeat.”
“Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. Since...”
“Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.”