The essence of optimism is that it

“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

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The mind is never satisfied with the

“The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

— Samuel Johnson

Author: Samuel Johnson
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