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.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.

Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.

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.

Still desiring, we live without hope.
[It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]

Still desiring, we live without hope.
[It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]

Hope! thou nurse of young desire.

Hope! thou nurse of young desire.

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.

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.

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which read more

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.