Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish fill the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
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Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past or in complaining against the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the essence of life.
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Don't be afraid of showing your feelings, be afraid of regretting it when you don't.
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Matthew 3:2:
And saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.'
(NIV)
And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(AMP)
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(KJV)
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I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
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