Hope Quotes — Page 39

Author, Poet

“With the half of a broken hope for a pillow at night That somehow the right is the right And the smooth shall bloom from the rough: Lord, if that were enough?”

Night Broken Hope

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Stephen Jay Gould

Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist

“Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.”

Science Hope Comforting

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Francis Bacon

Philosopher, Statesman

“The only hope [of science] ... is in genuine induction.”

Science Hope

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.”

Hope Assuming

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Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction Author

“He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer.”

Summer Ambition Hope

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Stephen King

Author

“"You need hedges.""Hedges," I said, bemused. "Yes, Edgar." He looked surprised and a little disappointed, as if I had failed to understand a very simple concept. "Hedges against the night."”

Night Simple Hope

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Novelist

“As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.”

Degrees Hope Encouragement

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

“When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear worthy to fill it.”

Giving Expectations Hope

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Novelist, Playwright

“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece”

Fear Hope Inscriptions

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Grace King

Author

“Every heart has a miracle to pray for. Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure. To prove that there have never been, that there can never be, miracles does not alter the matter. So long as there is something hoped for, - that does not come in the legitimate channel of possible events, - just so long will the miracle be prayed for.”

Heart Long Hope

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“What means the fact--which is so common, so universal--that some soul that has lost all hope for itself can inspire in another listening soul an infinite confidence in it, even while it is expressing its despair?”

Mean Communication Hope

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Henry David Thoreau

Writer, Philosopher

“We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy.”

Expectations Hope

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