hope

"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."

"Look: the trees exist; the houseswe dwell in stand there stalwartly. Only wepass by it all, like a rush of air.And everything conspires to keep quiet about us,half out of shame perhaps, half out of some secret hope."

"A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be honest, loving and trustworthy."

"It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations."

"We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments."

"You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway."

"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."

"Two lost things that had survived the seas and arrived on a coastline. What did they do? They implanted themselves in the sand and grew into trees and lined the beaches. Sometimes a lot can come of being all washed up. You can really grow."

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."

"Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love."

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."

"When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture."

"If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?"

"It's true I live on hope. Why shouldn't I? Every day I see her beauty while you rot in hell. You will tell me that I'm deluded but we are all deluded in some way. The question is which is the best delusion."

"There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all."

"But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment."

"Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion."

"Great hopes make great men."

"With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement."