“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don’t give up.”

“I'm not asking you to become cynical or highhandedly judgmental. But I am asking you to attend to factual, observable information to determine the required level of self-protection.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune without the words / And never stops at all.”

“It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better.”

“Sorrow comes in great waves...but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.”

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.”

“You are full of unshaped dreams... / You are laden with beginnings... / There is hope in you...”

“Whether you’ve seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.”

“No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.”

“No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.”

“There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”

“When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you...it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone.”

“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

“If we can get to the place where we show up as our genuine selves and let each other see who we really are, the awe-inspiring ripple effect will change the world.”

“I knew life / Began where I stood in the dark, / Looking out into the light.”