If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic read more

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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

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

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life read more

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances read more

Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances and see no other way.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else