Quote of the day

"Most Western societies have become quite materialist and have lost a great deal of spirituality. We’ve become very cynical and glib. It’s a loss of belief in anything; if you don’t believe in any values, you become cynical. I don’t have a great taste for pessimism or cynicism. I prefer optimism. I don’t think it’s particularly helpful to be pessimistic. I don’t make it bleak. People wish to be affirmative. Nihilism has infected our view of the world. I see nihilism as being a very undesirable philosophy - you believe in nothing; you think everything is wretched and meaningless." -Alexander McCall Smith

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