"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."

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"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."

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"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."

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"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."

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"To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy."

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"I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty."

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"Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man."

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"Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art."

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"Life is must be filled with endless hope."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Do not be bitter over the past. Believe in a brighter future."

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"He found that the business of optimism was no mean task."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Win them with your infectious optimism and burning smile."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"This world is not a wonderful place where unfortunately many evil things happen, but this world is a terrible place where fortunately many miracles and other wonderful things happen."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

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"Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Don't see anything impossible! This simple philosophy will enable many things to be possible!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"...it will be a world made not bright but brighter, not clean but cleaner."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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