The optimist's hope and the pessimist's despair: reciprocal illusions.

About This Quote

People often try and be optimistic. They tell others they will succeed and make great plans for the future. But sometimes people can be over-optimistic and create a fantasy world, where everything is perfect and everything goes according to plan. Sometimes we would rather be pessimistic and say we will fail than to believe that things can change for the better.

We don't want to believe that we can change our situation. We want to remain stuck in our rut and hope that nothing will ever change.

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