A pessimist is he
Who shuts his eyesTo the rising sun.
An optimist is he
Who looks up and seesThrough the teeming clouds.
A realist is he
Who faces the cloudsAnd adores the sun.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 3, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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