652 Quotes About Pessimism

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.

Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference.

A huge portion of what the civilized know more than the primitive is about the unnatural world.

Hiring a talented teacher or coach is the closest the rich can get to buying their children talent.

Life keeps on making the terrible mistake of making impatient people capable of making children.

Parenthood is some people’s subconscious revenge for having been brought into existence without their consent.

The question is not whether or not someone in your life is using you, but how are they using you.

It is impossible to bring a child into this world for its own sake.

One day you're waiting for the sky to fallThe next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all