Quotes About Hope

But there was never any knowing or any certitude; the time to come always had more than one possible direction. One could not even give up hope. The wind would blow, the sand would settle, and in some as yet unforeseen manner time would bring about a change which could only be terrifying, since it would not be a continuation of the present.

It's a madhouse, of course. A complete, utter madhouse. I only hope to God it remains one.

It was such places as this, such moments that he loved above all else in life; she knew that, and she also knew that he loved them more if she could be there to experience them with him. And although he was aware that the very silences and emptinesses that touched his soul terrified her, he could not bear to be reminded of that. It was as if always he held the fresh hope that she, too, would be touched in the same way as he by solitude and the proximity to infinite things.

the Istiqlal was powerful, which did not at all coincide with his conception of it, nor with the picture the organization painted of itself: a purely defensive group of selfless martyrs who were willing to brave the brutality of the French in order to bring hope to their suffering countrymen.

When I was 19 and I had lots of hope. Now, of course, I have none whatever. One wouldn't. One doesn't. I have a hope for a painless death. That's all that bothers me. Paul Bowles to Richard de Combray

I dalje ništa novo. Ali to ne može trajati zauvijek.

Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss.

rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.

Threadsuns above the grayblack wastes. A tree- high thought grasps the light-tone: there are still songs to sing beyond mankind.

it seems that he didn't want a world turned to mud. He believed in a soul.

God did not come to do away with suffering; he did not even come to explain it. He came to fill it with his presence.

Il y a une chose plus triste à perdre que la vie, c'est la raison de vivre, Plus triste que de perdre ses biens, c'est de perdre son espérance.

Le mal même comporte son bien qu'il ne faut pas laisser perdre

Il est facile de se tourner vers Dieu quand le reste n'est plus là.

Il faut bien se tourner vers Dieu quand le reste n'est plus là.

Passing on the good news of Jesus is not equivalent to saying "I'm better than you." Rather, as the famous saying goes, it's like one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.

On the cross Jesus paid our debt in full. There is no karma to face—Christ's work is sufficient. Christians have this message of joy and hope for our Hindu friends, who would agree: there's absolutely nothing funny about karma.

many people will only change due to desperation

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Roman poet Ovid wrote: "Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.

God loves a spirited woman who does more than sit with her hands folded as the world crumbles.

There's so much going on here, and out there, and places we don't even know about. Everything's so scary and uncertain. We never know when fate will shake it all up. That's pretty deep. You gotta wonder how we'll ever make it through. I guess we can fall back on what's gotten us this far. A positive attitude and lots of denial?

The God who loved us enough to die for us when we cared nothing for him is not about to shortchange us in life.

life lived in search of God is real life, the only life worth living.