652 Quotes About Pessimism
- Author Arthur Schopenhauer
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If you try to imagine as nearly as you can what an amount of misery, pain, and suffering of every kind the sun shines upon in its course, you will admit that it would be much better if on the earth as little as on the moon the sun were able to call forth the phenomena of life; and if, here as there, the surface were still in a crystalline state".
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- Author Lawrence Block
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Fuck you! I hope you die!""Everybody Dies," I said. "So fuck you.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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An untamed mind is usually engaged in the pursuit of unhappiness (or even more unhappiness).
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Happiness is merely a consolation for not yet being dead.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The continuation of man’s life is more attributable to his fear of death than it is to his desire to live. As a matter of fact, in countless cases, it is attributable to only the former.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Because our minds are problem-solving machines, we are inclined to focus on the undesirable, usually at the expense of the desirable.
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- Author Richie Norton
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Pessimism doesn’t serve you. It’s never served me.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The problem with preparing for the worst is that that has the power to attract the worst.
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- Author Philip K. Dick
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Logically, Sherri should have squeezed every moment of pleasure out of life during her remission, but the mind does not function logically, as Fat had figured out. Sherri spent her time anticipating the loss of her remission.
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