“Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and greed until they believe these to be virtues. Such people are convinced that the doors of heaven will be opened only to poor wretches like themselves who go [...]
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July 10, 2009
Robert Stadler on Greatness
“…do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone’s work prove greater than their own — they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness of an equal — for a mind to respect and [...]
July 19, 2007
Tom Riddle on Greatness
“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”
– Tom Riddle in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 20
