The word "jealousy" is often used as if it were synonymous with envy; but I think the distinction worth preserving. Jealousy is predominantly concerned with the fear of loss of something one possesses, envy with the wish to own something another possesses. Othello suffers from the fear that he has lost Desdemona's love. Iago suffers from envy of the position held by Cassio, to which he feels entitled.

When a man suffers from delusions he is described as mad but when a million do so they belong to a world religion

The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

All the world loves a lover, and a lover loves all the world.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

It is widely believed that interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness, yet the lives of creative individuals often seem to run counter to this assumption.