“You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of clothes, and put on a brand spanking new attitude every single day. It's as simple as that.” SimpleAttitudeClothesOptimismOptimisticSuitsBrandsPessimisticBeing OptimisticFreedom To ChooseSpankingNew Attitude Book:Hero Source: Hero
“It must be a very dour and pessimistic astronomer indeed who seriously doubts that there must be countless numbers of intelligent civilizations scattered throughout the universe on other planets which are orbiting around other stars. An attitude which asserts that man is the only intelligent life form in the universe is intolerably arrogant today ... anyone who holds such an opinion today is, fortunately for those who like to see some progress in human conceptions, something of an intellectual freak equivalent to a believer in the Flat Earth Theory.” MenHumansTodayEarthFormUniverseStarsNumbersAttitudeOpinionDoubtProgressPlanetsTheoryCivilizationIntellectualIntelligentBelieverFlatsConceptionFreakArrogantPessimisticAstronomersIntelligent Life Author:Robert K. G. Temple
“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.” ThinkingWayProblemRealityTermAttitudeOptimismCalmLipsPessimismPessimisticSereneBodhisattva Author:Nhat Hanh
“Most people have desires that are great and they want to do great things, and they don't want to be negative people or they don't want to live in pessimistic attitudes, but the problem is a lot of them were not given the right tools. They were not given the right blueprint of how to build a building.” PeopleWantProblemDesireGivenAttitudeBuildingNegativeToolsGreat ThingsPessimisticNegative PeopleBlueprints Author:Kirk Franklin
“When I was a very young student I loved and admired the work of Sam Beckett, who is famously pessimistic, and whose writing is an extraordinary examination of emptiness. I wanted to be like Beckett. I don't have the same attitude toward the world, I'm naturally optimistic, and so of course I could never be like Beckett. You can't force yourself to become like someone you admire.” WorldWritingWantedYoungCoursesForceAttitudeStudentsExtraordinaryAdmireOptimisticEmptinessExaminationPessimisticBeckettYoung Students Author:Michael Craig-Martin