Arrive Late

remorse

a reaction of wounded pride. Repentance is, first, the same dissatisfaction with the actual natural self, but from then on it seeks reality instead of regrets.

is always tied to morals and values, while regret may be amoral.

By a logical extension, remorse is always tied to morals and values, while regret may be amoral.

is felt only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free.

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience. Friedrich Nietzsche

is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful... it ends all.

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful... it ends all. Honore de Balzac

is simply a way of adding to a first act of stupidity a second.

Remorse.-Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second. Friedrich Nietzsche

is not a result of having chosen the wrong thing, but because you never had the chance to prove to yourself that you would have chosen the right thing.

You can be obsessed by remorse all your life, not because you chose the wrong thingyou can always repent, atone : but because you never had the chance to prove to yourself that you would have chosen the right thing. Umberto Eco

 sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

remorse, n.All

remorse