Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil read more

Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.

To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

To the sick, while there is life there is hope.
[Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try.

Hope is the power that gives us the power to step out and try.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
[It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal read more

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.

Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who read more

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope read more

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.