Pessimism Quotes

357 Pessimism quotes by 235 unique authors

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. — Jonas Salk
All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to… — George Santayana
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Compassion is the basis of morality. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. — Arthur Schopenhauer
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a… — Arthur Schopenhauer
For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a… — Arthur Schopenhauer
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. — Albert Schweitzer
Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the… — Bruce Springsteen

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