Hope is a state of mind, not a state of the world. . . .Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Henry James