Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

Who gathers the withered rose?

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter.