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German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892… 1892–1940Related quotes
“Summits like those in Geneva promote hope. But hope without action is hopeless.”
Bernard Lown (1921–2021) American cardiologist developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter, as well as a recipient of the…
Nobel Peace Prize acceptance (1985)
Context: Summits like those in Geneva promote hope. But hope without action is hopeless. Our enthusiasm for the positive spirit in these deliberations must not blind us to the absence of genuine progress toward disarmament. Twenty-four nuclear bombs are being added weekly to world arsenals.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
No. 34
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
“Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.”
Thales (-624–-547 BC) ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908) by Tryon Edwards, p. 234
“The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.”
Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)
Oliver Herford (1863–1935) American writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, as per Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34.
Misattributed
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
As quoted in Mackay's The Harvest of a Quiet Eye, A Selection of Scientific Quotations (1977), p. 34
“Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
Source: Work Without Hope (1825), l. 9.
Context: Bloom, O ye Amaranths! bloom for whom ye may,
For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
With lips unbrightened, wreathless brow, I stroll:
And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul?
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
Carol Ryrie Brink book Magical Melons
Source: Caddie Woodlawn's Family
Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host
Glenn Beck
Television
Fox News
2010-07-20
2010s, 2010