Meditations on God

If you believe there are malevolent forces working against you, but not benevolent forces working for you, the malevolent forces have already won.

Cynicism is lazy.

It’s a means of hiding from your responsibility to make the world better.

Optimism, on the other hand, is a decision to act as if positive change is possible.

And it is a decision you must make day by day, or even hour by hour or moment by moment if necessary.

But do not give in to the idea that malevolence is inevitable.

As long as benevolence exists within you, it exists in the world and there is hope.