Staircase Wit Quotes

“By mentally retracing our steps or ruminating on lost opportunities, we may try to rewrite the past to heighten our idealized self-image, but we might succumb to useless suffering from pride and vanity. ("Esprit d’escalier" - " Staircase Wit")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“If we accept our fallibility and limitations and remain humble in our social interactions and self-perception, we can release the ego-driven need to always want to have the final say and instead accomplish our pursuit of harmony. ("Esprit d’escalier" - " Staircase Wit")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“When we shift our focus away from impressing others or asserting ourselves through words and move away from the ego-driven impulse toward self-glorification, we can embrace the wisdom of non-attachment and honor an authentic sense of balance in our interactions with others. ("Esprit d’escalier" - " Staircase Wit")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“There's a lovely French phase to describe the regret of not saying the right thing at the right time: l'esprit de l'escalier - 'staircase wit', thinking of the reply too late, when we are already halfway down or up the staircase.”
― Fleur Anderson, On Sleep