“Practically everybody (1) overweighs the stuff that can be numbered, because it yields to the statistical techniques they’re taught in academia, and (2) doesn’t mix in the hard-to-measure stuff that may be more important. That is a mistake I’ve tried all my life to avoid, and I have no regrets for having done that.” MayImportantHardDoneStuffMistakeTaughtRegretTechniqueYieldNo RegretsAcademiaHave No Regrets Author:Charlie Munger
“It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live” MayCountryDiesRegretOughtCitizensThousandHundredVirtuous Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“The man who seeks one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes, Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows, A harvest of barren regrets.” MenMayDoneLife IsOne ThingAchieveHe ManRegretAmbitionAll ThingsThings In LifeHarvestReapBarrenMy AmbitionLife Ambition Author:Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
“As simplistic as this may sound, commitment is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.” MayStillsDreamSoundCommonRegretCommitmentConsistentSeparatingCommon DenominatorMove MountainsAwaken The Giant Within Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong, and there maybe some truth in it- do you think this is a feeling one must try to forget and to banish, or is it 'the longing for God,' which one must not fear, but cherish to see if it may bring us some good? Is it 'the longing for God' which leads us to make a choice which we never regret? Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingMindMayDoeFeelingsChoicesEvilForgetRegretLongingTiredPatientGentleDistinctionGood And EvilCherishBe PatientEccentricNever RegretLonging For God Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime.” MayBeliefCrimeRegretWeaknessCommitmentCriticism Author:Imre Lakatos
“The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.” WellsMayBigsEarthHappinessWaterWorryRichDoubtTroubleRegretGardenAnd LoveDisappointmentSeedsHolesContentmentHarvestRecipesGatheringDisillusionCourage StrengthPatience And LoveFruitfulnessDoubt And FearHope Courage Book:Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World: Daily Hope for the Daily Grind Source: Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World: Daily Hope for the Daily Grind