Pessimism
Pessimism lingers here like a half-finished thought, sharp with the weight of what could go wrong and the quiet certainty that things rarely turn out as hoped. These words cut deeper than cynicism—they’re the voice of someone who’s seen too much and can’t quite believe in easy answers.
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“I was too pessimistic for an optimist to live with”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.“It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow. Utopias are conceived by optimistic logic which regards constant social and political progress as the ultimate goal of human endeavor; pessimism would plunge a hopeless mankind into a fresh cataclysm.”
Charles Albert Gobat“Fritz had to stop himself from interrupting when Karl spoke about the difficulty of working. Stories are just as hard as clocks to put together, and they can go wrong just as easily--as we shall soon see with Fritz's own story in a page or two. Still, Fritz was an optimist, and Karl was a pessimist, and that makes all the difference in the world.”
Philip Pullman“I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half which is true keeps changing places with the half which is false.”
Peter David“Inspiration moves one from Pessimism to Optimism, from Doubt to Faith, from Despair to Hope, and from Darkness to Light!- RVM”
RVM“I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.”
Wole Soyinka“I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter.”
James Baldwin“The mistakes of doctors are innumerable. They err as a rule out of optimism as to the treatment, and pessimism as to the outcome.”
Marcel Proust“There is always something worse, limit thinking about worse things and concentrate on the best things.”
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah“Don't you ever think that your mind can never harm you just because it is your mind! Your mind can really kill you. From dawn to the time you retire, your mind can be a very good friend to you and your mind can also be your worst friend. What goes into your mind each day becomes your friend so mind your mind!”
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah“No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)”
Jeffrey R. Holland“The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.”
Pat Conroy“I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other option. You don't want that pessimism, because it is crushing you and keeping you down at the bottom of the well.”
Matt Haig“We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.”
John Kenneth Galbraith“Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.”
William Shakespeare“Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst.”
Joyce Carol Oates“If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?”
Arthur Schopenhauer“Do this exercise: Demolish the bridges of pessimism behind you. If you do this very well, you'll have no other choice than to move forward! Successful people are always optimistic!”
Israelmore Ayivor“Open you eyes to the world around you.. Block out the screams of pessimism.. Release your inhibitions!”
Nike Thaddeus“When I was born, the doctor slit my throat to see if I could talk.”
Sean Kilpatrick