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“But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness;if you deny fate life becomes the series of missed opportunities, a regret for what never was and could have been, a remorse of what was not done and could have been done, and the present is wasted, twisted into another missed oppurtunity.”

Ifs Has Beens Done Opportunity Existence Fate Regret Madness Series Deny Arrogance Sole Remorse Could Have Been Twisted Missed Opportunity Oppurtunity

Author:Oriana Fallaci

“The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to give the slightest inquietude to the most timid imagination; and which can cause no regrets but to the very person who, through a sentiment of shame and pity, has refused to prolong a life begun under the auspices of misery.”

Giving Persons Causes Imagination Results Existence Knowing Regret Shame Misery Pity Sentiments Infant No Regrets Offence

Book:Theory of Legislation

Source: Theory of Legislation

“Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.”

Existence Regret Links Sweetest

Book:Francesca Carrara

Source: Francesca Carrara

“If I were to die today, I would have some concern for Tibet. But I know that I have personally done as much as I can to use my existence for others. So I have no regret.”

Ifs Knows I Can Done Use Today Dies Existence Regret Concern No Regrets Tibet Have No Regrets

Author:Dalai Lama

“One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it, is contraception. I came across someone who articulated very clearly that one of the things which makes our approach to Buddhist practice in regards to sex different these days than it was in Buddhist times, is the simple existence of reliable contraception, which is a no brainer but I missed really addressing it in the book.”

Thinking Book Different Sex Simple Existence Practice Regret Approach Regard Buddhist These Days I Regret Contraception No Brainer

Author:Brad Warner

“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.”

Feels Looks Existence Enemy Missing Regret Witness

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns.”

Mean Real Night Answers Existence Regret Awake Questioning Clown

Author:Sarah Dessen

“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”

Source: Book of Disquietude

“Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns." "Yup." I just looked at him. "What?" he said, glancing over at me. "That is not a real answer," I told him. "Says who?" "Says me. I meant a real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence." He thought for a second. "Clowns.”

Thinking Said Real Night Answers Existence Regret Okay Awake Questioning Clown Biggest Fear

Author:Sarah Dessen

“I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be.”

World Humans Children Whole Existence Possibility Regret Whole World Grandchildren I Regret

Author:Maggie Gallagher