#simi

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#simile #buddhism

I think it's better if you rely on the fact you belong together, instead of having to reinvent your togetherness every day. People who say right off the bat that they don't want to take risks because their relationship is going to dissolve anyway - well, you might just as well split up right away. Why wait? ↗

— Eva Heller

#pessimism

No sense in being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway. ↗

— Cathie Linz

#pessimism #pessimism

For you the cup isn't half full or half empty, you're always topping it up. ↗

— Rowena Cory Daniells

#empty #optimism #pessimism #pessimism

Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama. ↗

— Nathan J. Johnson

#pessimism

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#optimism #pessimism #disappointment

Se sou pessimista é porque o mundo é péssimo, só isso. ↗

— José Saramago

#pessimism

In my heart's most secret place, I pity them as angels do. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#philosophy #pessimism

My glass is not only half-empty, I'm convinced someone spit in it. ↗

— Judy Nichols

#hard-boiled-detective #pessimism #pessimism

It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#americans #anxiety #atheism #disappointment #drive