Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead.

I have become so pessimistic that these days I’d even choose the truth over friendship.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.

...if you live feeling likeYour glass is half empty, well,It may as well be empty all the way.

You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.

This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide."That is because I know what life is," said Martin.

Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.