No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars ... or opened a new doorway for the human spirit - Helen Keller
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it - Rabindranath Tagore
It is important to recognise the power of our emotions--and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced - Tarthang Tulku
In the long run, the pessimist may be proved to be right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip - Daniel L. Reardon
In the long run, the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip -
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Arrange whatever pieces come your way -Virginia Woolf
Sean Freeborne, in his own words, made an "ass" of himself while alive, and will make "ash" of himself when cremated, but who, for now, remembers his mother - dead these 37 years - with much love still, and who survived cancer through optimism and who now walks and walks every day with great pleasure as he doesn't know how many days - how many hours - he has left.
A new online compendium tracks levels of contemporary optimism around the world.
Ignoring outside pressures, an increasing number of people are simply "choosing" to be happy, to follow an "optimism manifesto".