How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!
Interpretation
This quote expresses a deep regret about wasted time and the desire to make amends for it.
Thomas Becket reflects on the value of time and expresses a yearning to make up for lost opportunities. The quote emphasizes the significance of being mindful of how we spend our time and the impact of our choices on personal growth and fulfillment.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech about making the most of our time.
It is important that the Church of London, which has now lost its ruler, should receive for its new bishop a man whose personal merit, attainments in learning, and prudence in managing public business shall not be unworthy of the dignity of that see.
I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.
The more I loved the king, the more I opposed his injustice until his brow fell lowering upon me. He heaped calumny after calumny on my head, and I chose to be driven out rather than to subscribe.
Could I anticipate the enmity of those for whom I encountered such opposition? If they had been willing, I should have gained the victory. But the head faints when it is abandoned by the other members. If they had been wise they would have seen that in attacking me they were attacking their own privileges and serving princes to their own servitude.
Whosoever wisely examines the works of God will speedily discover what is next to be done.
The rashness of the persecutor hath overspread the rights of the persecuted so that punishment is awarded to him that has gained the victory, the inglorious triumphs, and the man who deserved bonds has carried off the prize.
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to exist for many centuries and are still in being though they have had no help from the traveler in solving their problems.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, timid policies, offer today a path to safety.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
Know thy self, know thy enemy.
But if a mirror ever makes _x000D_ you sad_x000D_ you should know_x000D_ that it does _x000D_ not know_x000D_ you.
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