The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.

Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.

The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human.