on optimism

[ibnfirnas]

From Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of my heroes, during the last years of his life--which, for those unacquainted with his work, were spent in a Nazi prison awaiting execution, so he damn well knows what he's talking about

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[beautifulanna]

this sounds suspiciously like thesis procrastination...

[ibnfirnas]

If anything helps me get my work done, it's keeping Bonhoeffer in mind.

[theotherjay]

"An optomist is one who lets his teenager take out the car on Saturday night. A pessimist is one who doesn't. A cynic is one who did."
/yours is better

[scorpionflail]

This is a fantastic quote, I'm filing it away where I keep the useful ones.

Thank you :).

[ibnfirnas]

I've been fond of it for a long time.