evidence: The first time I came across this quote it was written in my native language with no quotations. I later realized the translation was also a bit poor, but the essence somehow didn’t get lost. Strangely enough, the more I re-read it and the more I look into it, I discover new insights. When I googled it to find out who these words belonged to, I was surprised at the fact that their interpretation was narrowed down to two possible outlooks one can have on life: optimistic and pessimistic. [...] For instance, someone can look at a rose, notice the thorns, acknowledge that they may injure themselves and not really care, because its perfume is strong enough to take their mind off all the possibilities that could happen if they touched it. In other words, the person uses more of their senses in order to be able to capture what the rose can offer, not allowing a minor aspect, such as thorns, to distract them.