Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really...

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does...

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is...

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole...

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole...

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for...

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for...

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be...

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...