~ To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter ~
~ Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty ~
~ Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds ~
~ It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. ~
~ I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. ~
~ 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're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil... ~
~ Love may exist without jealousy, although this is rare; but jealousy may exist without love, and this is common ~
~ Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. ~