A pessimist or an optimist?

A pessimist or an optimist?

　これまで外科医として歩んできた中で，印象に残る言葉があります．A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity；an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty．（楽天家は，困難の中にチャンスを見い出す．悲観論者は，チャンスの中に困難を見る）．これは，ノーベル文学賞も受賞した英国の元首相Winston Churchillの言葉です（図1）．Winston Churchillは，第一次世界大戦中から第二次世界大戦，戦後の冷戦時代にかけて活躍した偉大な政治家ですが，このほかにも多くの名言を残しています．

●The price of greatness is responsibility.

●Never, never, never, never give up.

●Kites rise highest against the wind—not with it.

●Success is not final, failure is not fatal：it is the courage to continue that counts.