Quotes About Hope

In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light.

However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There's no way I can single-handedly save the world or, perhaps, even make a perceptible difference - but how ashamed I would be to let a day pass without making one more effort.

To mankind, and the hope that the war against folly may someday be won after all.

If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.

Lo so. Lo sappiamo tutti. Forse la lezione del passato potrà insegnarci cosa evitare. E poi, la tirannia che c'è adesso è reale. Quella che potrebbe esistere in futuro è solamente potenziale. Non possiamo sottrarci sempre ai cambiamenti pensando che la situazione potrebbe cambiare in peggio, altrimenti addio speranza di riuscire un giorno a sconfiggere l'ingiustizia.

No ha dicho cuando volverá. Hardin contestó: -Lo sé…; ¡Pero espero que no vuelva hasta que usted y yo estemos segura y cómodamente muertos!

If the stars must someday die, at least some could yet be built.

The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky by John Barnes.

people who don't expect justice don't have to suffer disappointment

It is on a Foundation victory that Siwenna's hopes depend. It is for a Foundation victory that my sons are sacrificed. And Hari Seldon does not precalculate the inevitable salvation of Siwenna as he does that of the Foundation. I have no certainty for my people – only hope.

If you believe in God, then He exists.

That glimmer of light, surrounded by so many shadows, seemed to say without words: Evil has not yet taken complete dominion. A spark of hope is still left.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

What concrete steps can I take now? I asked the voice, and it replied: Go to a house of prayer and pray. Without faith? I countered, and the voice said: You have more faith than you know.

Where do the wheels of history lead? How can you be so sure that the wheels of history won't get bogged down in blood and marrow again?

Ich erinnere mich noch an Ihre Worte: "Die Welt ist ein Schlachthaus und ein Bordell." Damals schien mir das übertrieben, aber es ist bittere Wahrheit. Man hält Sie für einen Mystiker, aber in Wirklichkeit sind Sie durch und durch Realist. Wie dem auch sei, alles wird uns aufgezwungen, selbst die Hoffnung.

There are moments of faith, interspersed with times when the smoke & flames of burning children blot out our faith... although it flickers again. The difference between the skeptic & the believer is the frequency of faith and not the certitude of one's position.

However, the courage to take a rope and hang one's self, or jump out of a window, I do not have. Only those who are not accustomed to pain can do that.

Well, dreams are all lost, Herman said to himself. Each day begins with amnesia.

when everything else fails, we communicate in the language of the stars

At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, if only one knows how to find it.

Esa noche creí que había perdido para siempre la capacidad de enamorarme, que nunca más podría reírme ni perseguir una ilusión. Pero nunca más es mucho tiempo.

Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.

The point was not to die, since death came anyway, but to survive, which would be a miracle.