To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker acknowledges the harshness of reality but chooses to remain hopeful and active in their desires.
- In plain terms
- Reality is bad but I choose to hope.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept the world as is but act with hope.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you know is hard about the world?
- What are you hoping for despite that?
Another view
Optimism might blind one to necessary critical assessment.
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