"There is also a “have your cake and eat it too” immaturity to envy. **We don’t simply want what other people have—we want to keep everything we have and add theirs to it, even if those things are mutually exclusive** (and on top of that, we also want them to not have it anymore). "But if you had to trade places entirely with the person you envy, if you had to give up your brain, your principles, your proudest accomplishments to live in their life, would you do it? **Are you willing to pay the price they paid to get what you covet?**" ([Location 1277](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1277)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[envy]], [[character]], [[personal-values]], [[hindsight-bias]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]