Issue 330
- Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.
- Who shall dare let his incapacity for hope or goodness cast a shadow upon the courage of those who bear their burdens as if they were privileges?
- It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster. There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.
- To know the history of philosophy is to know that the highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists. The growth of philosophy is the story of man's spiritual life.
- Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.
- I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.
- Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession.
- I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
- Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
- It all comes to this: the simplest way to be happy is to do good.