Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference read more

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry read more

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.