I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have no cynicism at all.
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.
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state.
One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.
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.
My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.
Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers of scales from our eyes, and so we do indeed become more cynical about many of the things we naively accepted when younger.