An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a
pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is
colorblind.
-- Albert Schweitzer
pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is
colorblind.
-- Albert Schweitzer
Related:
- Twixt the optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees... - A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty... - The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at
the thorns,
oblivious to the rose. Kahlil... - An optimist is a person who goes to the window every morning and
says,
"Good morning, God!" The pessimist goes to the window... - A truly wise person knows that he
knows not... - Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person
sees.
Marcel Proust,... - The person who stands in New York and sees the fly in California is
unconscious of the fact that at the very time,
a horse is standing on his foot. Pay attention to... - Neither an Optimist nor a Pessimist--
Only a Realist... - One who lives in a wine cellar rarely sees the light
of day...
