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.

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For read more

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.

Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

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.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter read more

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.

Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten read more

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise