"Hope is absolutely distinct from optimism and happiness" well said @pluralistic#ORGat20
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@andypiper @pluralistic Indeed. And I think I'm not an optimist. I like the distinction Vaclav Havel made " #hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."
@andypiper @pluralistic
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
"And are you?"
"No, that's where it all falls down, of course."
"Pity," said Arthur with sympathy. "It sounded like quite a good lifestyle otherwise."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Chapter_30
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