#pessimist

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. ↗

— George Will

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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. ↗

— William Golding

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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. ↗

— Criss Jami

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It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

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Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action. ↗

— Robert M. Sapolsky

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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. ↗

— Mark Twain

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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. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

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