To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops read more

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised read more

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich read more

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of read more

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak read more

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

CLOVER VEIL
A clover veil..
violets the vale
neith skies cloudclad
or when ultraviolet
sun prevails.

CLOVER VEIL
A clover veil..
violets the vale
neith skies cloudclad
or when ultraviolet
sun prevails.