The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: "The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."

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Abandon	Account	Claim	Enables
Enemy	Essence	Future	Head
High	Himself	Hold	Hope
Inspiration	Optimism	Others	Present
Resigned	Source	Takes	Vitality
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