“Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.”
Have a Great Day (1986), p. 14
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Norman Vincent Peale63
American writer 1898–1993Related quotes
“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Source: The Essays: A Selection
“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator
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“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
The earliest attributions of this remark to anyone are in 1941, to Mortimer Adler, in How To Read A Book (1940), although this actually a paraphrased shortening of a statement in his preface: Reading — as explained (and defended) in this book — is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher
Brian Cowen (1960) Irish politician
He's taken the blows and now Brian's doing it . .His Way, Irish Independent, 28 January 2009, 2010-06-12 http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/hes-taken-the-blows-and-now-brians-doing-it----his-way-1616861.html, <br class="br">2009