Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

OPTIMISM

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. …..Helen Keller

Optimism is a seed grown in the soil of faith. ….William Arthur Ward

Optimism is the foundation of courage. ….Nicholas Murray Butler

Teaching is the greatest act of Optimism. …..Colleen Wilcox

Optimism is the opium of the people. ……Milan Kundera

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ….. Voltaire

The basis of Optimism is sheer terror. ……..Oscar Wilde

An Optimist is the man who always sees the glass half full;
-Even in the desert. …..Edward A. Moses

Optimism is the opium of the people. …..Milan Kundera

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it:
If you can dream it, you can become it. …..William Arthur Ward

The Optimist sees the rose and not its thorns,
The pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. ….Khalil Gibran.

An Optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty,
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. ….Sir Winston Churchill

An Optimist is a person who travels on nothing,
From nowhere to happiness. …..Mark Twain

The essence of Optimism is that it takes no account of the present.
But it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned;
It enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself,
And not to abandon it to his enemy. …….Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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