A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Published on August 2, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: This quote is from a science fiction novel “Time Enough for Love” (1973) by Robert A. Heinlein.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. - Robert A. Heinlein

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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

I know insecurity is unattractive. I hate this side of me.I don’t really hate this side of me. I think other people will hate it so I hate it preemptively to ward off the unbearable feeling of having my shortcomings pointed out by other people. I want to get there before anyone else and stake my claim on hating my jealousy so no one else can.

Jealousy isn’t a female trait. Jealousy is an insecure trait. Insecurity doesn’t discriminate.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.

Don’t let jealousy fool you. It’s just another name for insecurity

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 incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other.

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Jealousy is a disease; love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often confuses one for the other.

Don’t let jealousy fool you. It’s just another name for insecurity.

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