So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it read more

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.

... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather read more

... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows read more

The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism