652 Quotes About Pessimism

Once we begin to want, we fall under the jurisdiction of the Devil.

Get better, not bitter.

Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.

With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement.

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

Developing the extremely rare attitude of not minding how life is happening is a billion times better than prolonging your life, even if by a trillion years.

To want is to suffer.