The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.
Kathryn SchulzI had drunk our great cultural Kool-Aid about regret, which is that lamenting things that occurred in the past is an absolute waste of time, that we should always look forward and not backward, and that one of the noblest and best things we can do is strive to live a life free of regrets.
Kathryn SchulzThe miracle of your mind isn't that you can see the world as it is. It's that you can see the world as it isn't.
Kathryn SchulzRegret doesn't remind us that we did badly, it reminds us that we know that we could do better.
Kathryn Schulz