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“Habit is the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. Full half the time of such a man goes to the deciding, or regretting, of matters which ought to be so ingrained in him as practically not to exist for his consciousness at all.”

Men Humans Matter Human Beings Half Consciousness Regret Ought Habit Conservative Enormous Agents Miserable Habitual Indecision

Author:William James

“It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally regret the want of occupation.”

Want Mind Long Loss History Regret Habit Occupation Roman Empire

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Reading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.”

Made Lasts Reading Boys Break Impossible Tears Regret Pride Habit Terrible Pages Checks Dialogue Despite Made It Dirty Prose Relief Relative Shed Senior Unstoppable Pranks Cronies

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret.”

Regret Habit Acquire Idle You Will Regret

Book:FAULKNER READER

Source: FAULKNER READER

“When your awareness is contracted, the flow of energy and information throughout your bodymind is hampered. You tend to stay stuck in toxic emotions such as regret, resentment, and self-pity. Non-nurturing habits such as overeating and not exercising take hold. The feedback loop between your mind and your body turns negative, and stress can hit you instantaneously or grind away at you day after day.”

Mind Self Body Turns Energy Emotion Awareness Information Regret Habit Exercise Negative Flow Stress Your Body Stuck Pity Toxic Resentment Feedback Nurturing Grind Self Pity Loops Overeating

Author:Deepak Chopra

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”

“As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.”

Thinking Seems Grows Regret Habit I Regret

Book:Allan Quatermain #1: King Solomon's Mines

Source: Allan Quatermain #1: King Solomon's Mines

“It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.”

People Ifs Form Hate Decision Enemy Heard Regret Habit Ears Wide Never Regret Loving Your Enemies

Author:Malcolm X

“I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy. I had been through Nick Carter, Horatio Alger, Bertha M. Clay and the whole slew of dime novelists in addition to some really constructive reading. I do not regret the trash. It has harmed me in no way. It was a help, because acquiring the reading habit early is the important thing. Taste and natural development will take care of the rest later on.”

“It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. That had no sister.”

Littles Said Father Christ Minutes Regret Habit Wheels Acquire Worn Idle You Will Regret

Book:FAULKNER READER

Source: FAULKNER READER

“But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.”

Happiness Loss Worst Regret Personality Habit Essentials

Book:The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

“The problem with living so long is that we get used to it. We watch the mortals age and wither and die around us, watch the world change and decay...but no matter the hardship or the pain or the sorrow we suffer, we choose to continue living. Out of sheer habit, I think.”

Thinking World Long Matter Problem Age Pain Used Suffering Dies Watches Regret Habit Sorrow Mortals Hardship Decay Sheer

Author:Derek Landy

“Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons.”

Action Regret Habit Discipline Basketball Unconscious Consistent Competence

Author:Jhoon Goo Rhee

“One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.”

Dream Fantasy Cutting Regret Habit Agree Surprise Stranger Characteristics No Regrets

Author:Jean Cocteau