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“once your eyes get opened to pacifism, you can't shut them again. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. You may bitterly regret the fact that you happen to be one of the tiny minority of the human race who have caught this angle of vision, but you can't help it.”

Humans May Facts Helping Happens Eye Peace Race Vision Regret Caught Tiny Human Race Minorities Angle Pacifism

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.”

People Kind Moments Running Able Past Energy Worry Regret Caught Tendencies Pushing Present Moment

Author:Nhat Hanh

“The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.”

Men Character Differences Moral Regret Honor Morality Ethics Caught Latter Moral Life

Author:H. L. Mencken

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”

People Heart Enough Fear Hurt Regret Caught Humiliated Being Hurt Calibration

Book:Letters of Ted Hughes

Source: Letters of Ted Hughes

“Of course it does, Jomes answered earnestly. Many of life's treasures remain hidden from us simply because we never search for them. Often we do not ask the proper questions that might lead us to the answer to all our challenges. We are so caught up in fear and regret, that hope seems a foolish endeavor. Proof of hope, however, is not only possible, it is an overlooked law of the universe.”

Doe Seems Might Law Universe Courses Asks Challenges Answers Regret Caught Proof Foolish Treasure Endeavor Caught Up Overlooked

Author:Andy Andrews

“If anyone were to find out—” I began. Patch kissed me, hard, but with an amused glint in his eye. “If I get caught, it’ll mean the end of kissing you. Do you really think I’d risk that?” His face grew serious. “I know I can’t feel your touch, but I feel your love, Nora. Inside me. It means everything to me. I wish I could feel you the same way you feel me, but I have your love. Nothing will ever outweigh that. Some people go their entire lives never feeling the emotions you’ve given me. There is no regret in that.”

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“There was human goodness in the world, she thought-all caught up with desires and dreams, regrets and bitterness, resentments and power, but it was there.”

World Humans Dream Desire Regret Goodness Caught Bitterness Resentment Caught Up Goodness In The World

Author:Cassandra Clare