"I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat."

-- Harold Wilson

#Optimist Quotes

“St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent.”

Source : Thomas Keating (2014). “Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit”, p.5, Lantern Books
“When the newly formed middle class in China begins to perceive its interests and discovers the value of the rule of law, the existing power structure will lose its foundation. It is a process that no government can put a stop to in the long term. That also applies to some Arab countries, with some limitations. But we have to be patient. In the 1980s, nobody expected that the freedom movement in Poland would lead to the collapse of entire Eastern Bloc. That's why it would be a huge mistake were we to believe that authoritarian systems were indestructible.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I guess if your heart's in the right place, the trash can go anywhere.”
“Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised... as your solitude subsides.”
“One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.”
“I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.”
“I like to think that Einstein would look at string theoryâ€™s journey and smile, enjoying the theoryâ€™s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.”
“It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present the universal aspects of a particular event”

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