“Who can hope for nothing should despair of nothing.”

“The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.”

“Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.”

“He who has never hoped can never despair”

“It's not the despair, Laura, I can stand the despair. It's the hope.”

“With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.”

“The future belongs to those who can generate hope from the past rather than despair.”

“But nothing lasts, not even stone, not even despair.”

“In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair… the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.”

“Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.”