- He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
- Do not invest your whole life in one hope.
- He who has never hoped can never despair.
- Hope is the beacon which points to prosperity.
- Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
- The word which God has written on the brow of every man is Hope.
- Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
- A man begins to die when he ceases to expect anything from Tomorrow.
- In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.
- Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, and hope without an object cannot live.
- How can hope be false when it is as much a part of the human experience as birth or death?
- Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.
- Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and therefore your unhappiness.
- But what is hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
