An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is.

Man is a complex being who makes deserts bloom and lakes die

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever.
Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles.
The mystery of India, say Indologists.

I think a man and a woman, on a whole array of issues, including raising children, have differences, and then you work them through.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?"
"I can't remember. Which?"
"Do you know what those words mean?"
"Not really."
"An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical."
"I'm an optimist."
"Well, that's good, because there’s no irrefutable evidence. There’s nothing that could convince someone who doesn’t want to be convinced. But there is an abundance of clues that would give the wanting believer something to hold on to.