Pessimism Quotes
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
― A Tour Round My Garden
― A Tour Round My Garden
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
― The Silver Stallion
― The Silver Stallion
“Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
“I wish to weep
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
but sorrow is
stupid.
I wish to believe
but belief is a
graveyard.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“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?”
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
“I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.”
― Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
― Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.”
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“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.”
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“The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.”
― The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
― The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth
“You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.”
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“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”
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“When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.”
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“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.”
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
“I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.”
― As the World Churns
― As the World Churns
“Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.”
― I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
― I Have The Right To Destroy Myself
“It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.”
― Where Things Come Back
― Where Things Come Back
“Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
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