A pessimist is someone who expects the worst, and is disgruntled when it doesn't happen.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

School prepares you for the real world... which also bites.

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?

Courtesy is the grease that lubricates society.

You cannot grow a lotus on a granite rock. So too you cannot grow loving kindness in a granite heart.