Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.

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"An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate."

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"Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense."

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"To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others."

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Belief

"Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters."

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"It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it."

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