Quotes
Quotes about Cynicism
I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.
The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Cynicism is the humor of hatred.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.
Life is not an easy matter.... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
Cynicism is intellectual treason.
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
