Paul Tillich Quotes

I'm too cynical to be an optimist.

The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

My friends are so cynical, they refuse to keep the faith.

I have a big cynical side to me.

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it.

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

It's so much easier to be cynical.

He that best understands the world, least likes it

I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want to be labeled a cynic.

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word "cynic" has more than one meaning, and I see how I could be seen as cynical. "George, you're cynical." Well, you know, they say if you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. And perhaps the flame still flickers a little, you know?

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity.

I'm an old cynic.

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

People don't believe in positive changes anymore.