Optimism Approves Of Everything, Submits To Everything, Believes Everything; It Is The Virtue Above All Of The Taxpayer.
Possess The "nobel Factor": Possess And Constantly Demonstrate Optimism, Faith, And Hope. They Create Choices. I Am Reminded Of An Ancient Chinese Proverb: "that The Birds Of Worry And Care Fly Above Your Head, This You Cannot Change; But That They Build Nests In Your Hair, This You Can Prevent."
They [americans] Want To Believe That Good And Evil Can Be Defined In Precise Categories, That Good Is Already, Or Will Be Easily Achieved. ... If This Optimism Appears Too Superficial, They Will Try To Create A Kind Of Anti-god: The U.s.s.r. That Is Evil, And It Only Needs To Be Annihilated To Re-establish The Reign Of Good.
I Could Never Be Cynical, Not That I Think There's Anything Wrong With Cynicism. I Think It Can Be Quite Funny At Times. But I Just Feel So Grateful To Be Alive.
I Suspect That Many Of The Great Cultural Shifts That Prepare The Way For Political Change Are Largely Aesthetic. A Buick Radiator Grille Is As Much A Political Statement As A Rolls Royce Radiator Grille, One Enshrining A Machine Aesthetic Driven By A Populist Optimism, The Other Enshrining A Hierarchical And Exclusive Social Order.
