Quotes Tagged With :pessimism

Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure....

If there is anything in the life of any culture or period that gives good grounds for alarm, it is the....

The pessimist may call the optimist a fool; but who is more foolish, the happy individual who expects....

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

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

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look around them.

Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they....

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level,....