#pessimism

No sense in being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway. ↗

— Cathie Linz

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For you the cup isn't half full or half empty, you're always topping it up. ↗

— Rowena Cory Daniells

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Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama. ↗

— Nathan J. Johnson

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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. ↗

— Golda Meir

#himself #jew #luxury #never #pessimism

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish. ↗

— Jack London

#intelligence #pessimism #real #writers #writing

Who gathers the withered rose? ↗

— William Faulkner

#rue #pessimism

Some things are hard to imagine. Can you conceive of excessive contentment, for example? Or an over pleasant evening? Too much happiness? ↗

— Alan Moore

#happiness #pessimism #imagination

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#pessimism #true

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#optimism #pessimism #schizophrenia #universe