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Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

All I know is a door into the dark

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

Focus on exploring your intrinsic strengths, so as not to loose out on the virtues of life.

It is what we sow into people that they become

Everything you perceive, externally, is the manifestation of some internal part of you. If it was not, it would not be present in your perceived reality.

She leans into the memory. She stares. She concentrates. What IS it that's she's looking for, trying to get straight at last?

Life is unfolding by each step you take - but, it is fulfilled by every choice you make.

I'm not on Twitter or Facebook and don't even use email. I don't trust computers: one day they'll all break down, and everyone will be knackered.

I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.

If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.

There is a great difference between a young man looking for a situation and one looking for work.

I figured I couldn't love you as much as I do, without you feeling something for me too.