How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear in order to prove that they are right

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

There are no tragedies in life, only violent coup d’etats on the state of irrational optimism

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.

To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy.

When you’re still too young to shave, optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

When we're together," he whispered, "we'll only see each other, not the ugliness around us.

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion

I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

It s still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.