#pessimism

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. ↗

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

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter. ↗

— George R. Gissing

#life #pessimism #humor

I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best to give satisfaction, sir. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#pessimism #humor

Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. ↗

— Thomas L. Friedman

#optimism #pessimism #change

You can do what you want. You can fly as far as you want, be as determined as you want, but sooner or later you have to ask yourself, or the person with you, ‘will there be everything we have hoped for?’ When you realise there’s so little hope left, it is like seeing an entire shadow all over the world. ↗

— Kyra Gregory

#inspirational #life-lessons #living #love #optimism

The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#emotions #optimism #pessimism #thinking #attitude

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism. ↗

— Jim Leach

#greater #i #i do #little #optimism

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#existed #exists #ireland #know #middle

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ↗