The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things.
I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about politics or the media.
It's easy to be negative.
Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel more depressed and defeated than they have at any point in human history?
If you want good things to happen in your life you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.
The low-hanging fruit is cynicism and pessimism, and it's there if you want it. You can reach out and you can grab it, you don't even have to make any effort.
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
