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# [only through a sense of optimism can we actually improve things](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/senseofoptimism)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Oct 7, 2022 7:03:29 PM

**"It is only through a sense of optimism that we can actually improve things. We have to believe that things can get better before we can work to make them so."**

 

So wrote, Logan Albright, Director of Research at Free the People,  in his article "[A 5th Century Roman’s Guide to Happiness](https://fee.org/articles/a-5th-century-roman-s-guide-to-happiness-in-a-world-full-of-pain-loss-and-injustice/)"

 

 

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