Among the deadly sins is envy. It is a malevolent undercurrent, a dark side of human nature that despises success. And throughout history, envious people have sought to undermine and subvert the best in us.
Any effort to progress in society is sabotaged by this group of people. The late Dr. Jack Wheeler called it the Evil Eye. He quoted sociologist Helmut Schoeck, who describes it in “Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour” as:
