“Pessimism has its own secret Share of optimism in it too.”
“Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.”
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
“I wished I could share my own optimism.”
“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.”
“Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.”