John Berger Quotes

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Let us choose to believe something good can happen.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

I am not a cynic.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

I have no cynicism at all.

Hope is like compassion to me. It's like possibility and living in possibility.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Where there's life, there's hope.

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

He who has hope, has everything.

There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.

I know nothing is impossible in life.

Ultimately, I'm an optimist.

I'm a great believer in possibilities.

Instead of fearing the unknown - all the bad that can happen - realize that good things can surprise you as well.