On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.
Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other.
Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.
Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage keeps even devils away.
I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.