“Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsSometimesLawRealizingGriefWonderCryPossibilityBrotherRegretTypePersonalityConcernedWake UpShameProfoundBoringDeeperUniquenessIn-lawsFittingSaddestNormalityHeartyBrother In Law Book:Life After God Source: Life After God
“A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.” Life IsLossIgnoranceRegretProfoundSpeciesTrials Book:Desultory Thoughts and Reflections Source: Desultory Thoughts and Reflections
“I regret to say that my hand did, in fact, have an improper relationship with Chelsea Clinton. The incident represents a profound lapse of judgment for which my hand takes sole responsibility.” FactsHandsResponsibilityRegretJudgmentProfoundClintonSoleIncidentsI RegretChelseaLapses Author:William J. Clinton
“We will, at some point, reflect back at our rampant acceptance of speciesism with profound regret. Our journey to understanding that all demonstrations of life possess equal value is a slow and harrowing one.” ValuesUnderstandingJourneyAcceptanceRegretEqualProfoundDemonstrationSpeciesism Author:Ian Somerhalder
“Cecilia wondered, as she sometimes did when she met a man for the first time, if this was the one she was going to marry, and whether it was this particular moment she would remember for the rest of her life - with gratitude, or profound and particular regret.” IfsMenFirstsSometimesMomentsRememberParticularRegretGratitudeMetsFirst TimeProfound Author:Ian Mcewan
“I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life.” WantLooksTwoHomeHappensDiesRealizingAliveDyingRegretHappeningsSittingDiedProfoundTwo ThingsSomedayStayingTerrifiedStaying AliveAlmost Dying Author:Hubert Selby, Jr.
“Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path. We may be adverse to seeing our own suffering because it tends to ignite a blaze of self-blame and regret. And we may be adverse to seeing suffering in others because we find it unbearable or distasteful, or we find it threatening to our own happiness. All of these possible reactions to the suffering in the word make us want to turn away from life.” WantMaySelfUsePainSufferingTurnsCompassionPathSeeingRegretConnectionsBlameProfoundReactionsDelicateVehicleThreateningUnbearableAdverseIgniteDistasteful Book:The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion Source: The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion
“Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.” AbleMistakeRegretSorrowProfoundSorryHarmMultitudesI'm Sorry Author:Jack Abramoff
“An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.” MomentsCharacterJoyCreationEmotionalRegretPrideSceneShameProfoundOverwhelmingExploringIntuitiveImports Author:David Corbett
“Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.” FeelsDoneActionRegretHonorGratitudePleaseLet MeRegardProfoundDisappointmentAppreciationGenerousSincereSincere AppreciationSincere Gratitude Author:Cordell Hull