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Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable read more
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only read more
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most read more
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and read more
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.
Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.
Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.
 The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
 To weakest hope will cling,
  To thought and impulse read more 
 The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
 To weakest hope will cling,
  To thought and impulse while they flow,
   That can no comfort bring,
    That can, that can no comfort bring,
     With those exciting scenes will blend,
      O'er pleasure's pathway thrown;
       But mem'ry is the only friend
        That grief can call its own. 
 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, 
it is a tree of life.  
 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, 
it is a tree of life. 
 Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
 Supports the mind, supports the body too:
  Hence, the most vital read more 
 Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
 Supports the mind, supports the body too:
  Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
   Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.