“There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

“All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.”

“Nothing is so cruel as to try and force a man beyond his natural pace.”

“Hope is a critical thing. Whithout it, we are nothing. Hope shapes will. The will shapes the world.”

“There is nothing more atrociously cruel than an adored child.”

“It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.”

“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried… nothing is so warming and companionable.”

“Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love”

“To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.”

“The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty.”