#pessimism

Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for. ↗

— N.C. Thomas

#pessimism #realism #life

There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

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If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#disappointment

It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw. ↗

— Joey Comeau

#perspective #pessimism #beauty

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. ↗

— William James

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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#extends #other #pessimism #pessimists #point

I renounce the higher harmony altogether. It's not worth the tears of that one tortured child who...prayed..with...unexpiated tears to 'dear,kind God! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#pessimism #philosophic-reflection #religion #theology #life