Dreams Quote by Rachel Kirk

“Either A is B or C is D,” means, “if A is not B, C is D; and if C is not D, A…

— John Stuart Mill

Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it.

— Willard Van Orman Quine

Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.

— Georges Bernanos

“An example of this is, when the simple propositions are connected by the particle or; as, either A is B or C is D;…

— John Stuart Mill

[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Jeannette Walls

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one.

— Rumi

A propositional sign, applied and thought out, is a thought. A thought is a proposition with a sense.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Optimism is evidence-based.

— Cornel West

“Hamlet's mother says to Hamlet, "Why seems it so particular with thee?" What is the difference between belief and make-belief? What makes us give…

— Graham Swift

“Those three means are Mystery, Miracle, and Prophecy. The first two are incompatible with true religion, and the third ought always to be suspected.…

— Thomas Paine

“Hope, in a technical sense, is more than the sunny view that everything will turn out all right. Snyder defines it with more specificity…

— Daniel Goleman

After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.

— Henry David Thoreau