“I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.”
“The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.”
“Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun--and neither can stop the march of events.”
“I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.”
“The believer is neither a pessimist nor an optimist. To be either is illusory. The believer sees reality not in a certain light but as it is, and believes only in God and God’s power towards all and over all that is seen. (in No Rusty Swords)”
“The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget but a pessimist forgets to laugh.”