Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Regret Quotes

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only...