Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

Let us not unlearn what we have already learned

Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".

All things are in common among friends.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?