"Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil."
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Have a Great Day (1986), p. 14
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Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale (31 May 1898 – 24 December 1993) was the author of The Power of Positive Thinking and chief progenitor of the theory of positive thinking. With his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale, he founded Guideposts magazine in 1945.
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