there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

When you’re still too young to shave, optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.

A sage traveling all day
is never far from the supplies in his cart,
and however spectacular the views
he remains calm and composed.

Some people consider stocking up on food to be "hoarding", imagining that this causes a shortage and price increases. Perhaps this makes them feel better about the fact that the only food they have is 2 liters of Diet Cola, a half-eaten Italian sub and a frozen burrito.

Tis not the storms and heavy tides, that push us to and fro, "tis the course we steer her by that determines where we go...