"Even after his conversion, the true 'apostate' is not primarily committed to the positive contents of his new belief …"

"If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as well—as happens, for instanc…"

"The medieval peasant prior to the 13th century does not compare himself to the feudal lord, nor does the artisan comp…"

"The “old maid” with her repressed cravings for tenderness, sex, and propagation, is rarely quite free of ressentiment…"

"Ressentiment must therefore be strongest in a society like ours, where approximately equal rights (political and othe…"

"It is peculiar to “ressentiment criticism” that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does n…"

"Existential envy which is directed against the other person’s very nature, is the strongest source of ressentiment. I…"

"The “noble” person has a completely naïve and non-reflective awareness of his own value and of his fullness of being,…"

"The ultimate goal of the arriviste’s aspirations is not to acquire a thing of value, but to be more highly esteemed t…"

"To a lesser degree, a secret ressentiment underlies every way of thinking which attributes creative power to mere neg…"