Hope

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

I carry a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other: with these things I am going to set fire to Heaven and put out the flames of Hell, so that voyagers to God can rip the veils and see the real goal.

O God! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell, and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

The beginning is always today.

Every individual has the power to make a difference in the world.

We should not allow the downsides of life to define our future.

Change is possible, but it will be hard.

Literature always reflects the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of a nation or an individual.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

I paint flowers so they will not die.

The only love that matters is the love that pushes you beyond self and language into some other sea of possibility.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The more you believe, the more you can achieve.

I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.

Don't worry, Rickey's here!

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That makes you a winner right there.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.