#mistake

Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#life

We attract what we're meant to because we're aware & self-empowered enough to choose most of the time. Other times we have lessons to learn ↗

— Jay Woodman

#aware #awareness #choose #choosing-peace #choosing-serenity

Stay away from any minute of joy that can bring you a lifetime of sorrow. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#dangers #fun #life #mistakes #no-joy

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had claimed for it a certain ethical efficacy in the formation of character, had praised it as something that taught us what to follow and showed us what to avoid. But there was no motive power in experience. It was as little of an active cause as conscience itself. All that it really demonstrated was that our future would be the same as our past, and that the sin we had done once, and with loathing, we would do many times, and with joy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#experience #future #mistakes #past #sin

As you have seen the treachery of love because of me, I have seen my cruelty because of you. But you learned mercy from me, and from you I learned resilience. As you came to understand me enough to know the value I placed on selfless love, I understand your nature better. ↗

— D. Morgenstern

#learning-from-mistakes #love #relationships #understanding-oneself-and-others #love

When someone does the same mistake two times, either he's stupid, or he enjoyed the first time. ↗

— Fady A. Rezkalla

#mistakes #humor

Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can be regarded as mitigating. And before you judge, although you have probably already done so, go away and write down the four worst things you have done to a partner, even if - especially if - your partner doesn't know about them. Don't dress things up, or try to explain them; just write them down, in a list, in the plainest language possible. Finished? Ok, so who's the arsehole now? ↗

— Nick Hornby

#love #mistakes #love

Do not make the mistake of believing that he does not love you because he plays at not caring. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #mistake #love

Tawny shrugged. "I was overreacting. Typical big sister move. He explained why he did it, and it makes sense, in a slightly twisted way. He's not a bad guy. He's just a jerk. But a nice one." "That doesn't make any sense." "Men rarely do. ↗

— Chelsea M. Cameron

#funny #hunter-zaccadelli #my-favorite-mistake #tawny-caldwell #taylor-and-tawny

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#justification #mistakes #pretexts #humor