Envy shrinks when gratitude grows.
Bhagavad Gita Quotes for Feeling Jealous
52 quotes to read, reflect on and share
Quotes drawn from the Bhagavad Gita 52 quotes, each linked to the shloka behind it.
Feeling jealous? Read Bhagavad Gita quotes on envy and comparison, and learn how contentment and freedom from hatred bring peace of mind.
All 52 quotes
Do not envy another's light; it comes from the same fire.
A mind free of envy can receive the deepest teachings.
Do not envy another's excellence; it comes from the same source as yours.
A balanced mind carries no scoreboard.
Envy closes the door that learning wants to open.
Celebrate another's wisdom, and you make room for your own.
Celebrate greatness wherever you find it.
Stop comparing; the sacred is beyond comparison.
When you see the one root, the many branches stop being rivals.
Comparison is the thief of calm.
Brilliance in any person is a spark of something greater.
The best students are free of comparison.
Respect others' routes without comparing your own.
Comparing yourself upward or downward is the same mistake.
Other people's wins take nothing from your share.
Admire the best of nature without envy.
Admire others' greatness; it is a window to yours.
Let your reverence rise above your rivalries.
No one is beyond comparison, and no one needs to be compared.
Envy often speaks in the language of concern.
The wise take joy in others' wellbeing.
Without envy, secrets become gifts.
Stop measuring yourself by someone else’s course.
Praise with a hidden edge tells you what really bothers the speaker.
Measure yourself against your own yesterday.
A rival’s skill is a mirror of what you can still learn.
Admire the skills of others without diminishing your own.
Another’s life, even if admired, is an uneasy fit.
Stop keeping score of who you favour and who you resent.
Compare your path to your own nature, not to someone else’s road.
To admire a rival openly is rare; to resent them quietly is common.
Notice when you describe others’ strengths as accusations.
Compare less; connect more.
Envy shrinks the one who carries it.
Don’t envy a talent you were not meant to use.
Don't envy the busy; ask what they are awake to.
Comparison makes another’s role look easier than it is.
Notice when ambition starts to feed on envy.
Where is envy standing between you and learning?
Whose success are you finding hard to celebrate?
Do not build your self-image on defeating others.
Your own path, walked imperfectly, beats another’s walked well.
Maturity sees unity where youth sees contest.
No rivalry outlasts the river of years.
Success measured against rivals leaves you always on guard.
Comparing paths wastes the walking.
We often judge our own side by its gaps and the other by its strengths.
Compare calmly, or not at all.
What rivalry could you let time dissolve?
Where might you be treating a person as a rival unnecessarily?
Diversity of talent and temperament is part of the design.
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