Many of us develop different flavors of cynicism that we work hard to resist because they can be lazy mental shortcuts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.
The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.
The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.
We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.