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Living a life without regrets and without expectation means not only that you are free from the past (regrets), but also that you are free from any attachment to a particular future.
W. Bradford Swift • Life On Purpose:: Six Passages to an Inspired Life (Life On Purpose Series Book 1)
The life of an Essentialist is a life lived without regret. If you have correctly identified what really matters, if you invest your time and energy in it, then it is difficult to regret the choices you make.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Nietzsche said that remorse was “adding to the first act of stupidity a second.” Thoreau, on the other hand, praised the power of regret: “Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.”
Annie Duke • Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
An Essentialist has the courage and confidence to admit his or her mistakes and uncommit, no matter the sunk costs.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
The Stoic you, however, has a different approach. It fully embraces fate no matter what
Einzelgänger • Stoicism for Inner Peace
Les regrets sont un concept que je n’aime pas : ils signifient que nous n’assumons pas ce que nous avons été.
Joël Dicker • La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (French Edition)
According to Buddhist psychology, regret is an “indeterminate emotion.” This means that it can be either constructive or destructive. When we know that something we have said or done has caused harm, we may give rise to a mind of repentance, vowing that in the future we will not repeat the same mistake. In this case, our feeling of regret has a who
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