Pessimistic Philosophy Quotes

#1. The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

Helen Keller

#2. These views were voiced by the school of 'optessimists', i.e. philosophers who derived optimism for the future from a pessimistic appraisal of the present. The 21st Voyage, The Star Diaries

Stanislaw Lem

#3. There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ideal but the only think unlike in the two is- Pessimist thinks it will last forever and Perfectionist knows it won't.

Jasleen Kaur Gumber

#4. happened to her? What had happened to them? Where were

James Dashner

#5. I think that grief is a profound spiritual, metaphysical, and - oddly - physical reckoning with death, which we don't understand well. It's both the process by which you relearn the world in the absence of someone who was a pillar in it, and the process in which you confront the reality of death.

Meghan O'Rourke

#6. Life is short unless agony is long.

Brian Spellman

#7. Modesty is invisibility, said Aunt Lydia. Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be - her voice trembled - penetrated. What you must be, girls, is impenetrable. She called us girls.

Margaret Atwood

#8. If he held me any tighter we'd be one person. I say nothing and listen to our hearts beat together in perfect harmony.

Marata Eros

#9. Having a rather pessimistic outlook on life makes for the best philosophical discussions; distress is the only real reason to question something; comfort often leads to the inability to change.

Moryah DeMott

#10. Deer were damn good swimmers, though not many people knew it.

Greg Iles

#11. When the sands of time come falling down, we are only left with our choices. Choose wisely; however, some may argue wisdom is relative.

Virginia Vayna

#12. I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

Bill Kreutzmann

#13. I'd have all the cars made in the Carolinas, and I'd ban the ones made in China.

Hank Williams Jr.