Absolutes Quote by Stanislaw Lem

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

— Ron Currie Jr

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in…

— Thomas Hardy

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.

— Upton Sinclair

“Pessimism, by contrast, prepares us for a world that is constantly changing and surprising us. It tells us to banish our expectations and the…

— Jacob Graham

Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which…

— Rabindranath Tagore

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

— Edmond Rostand

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

— Jean Rostand

I'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way.

— Nouriel Roubini

Pessimism is not in being tired of evil but in being tired of good. Despair does not lie in being weary of suffering, but…

— Anonymous

I'm a pessimist. But I think I'd describe my pessimism as broken-hearted optimism.

— Ellen Ullman

“Pessimism is a very easy way out when you’re considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life. If you…

— Robertson Davies