Common Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“When hope is gone The soul regresses”

— Debby Feo

“Despair demands less of us, it’s more predictable, and in a sad way safer. Authentic hope requires clarity—seeing the troubles in this world—and imagination,…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Hopelessness can kill a soul… but hope? Maybe God can use hope to keep one alive, even if that’s all you have.”

— Jessiqua Wittman

Even across the dark, even across the loss, even across the emptiness, soul will speak to soul

— Catherine Fisher

There are many who feel consciously hopeful and unconsciously hopeless, and there are few for whom it is the other way around.

— Erich Fromm

“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence…

— Doug Cooper

“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears; it reaches the height of its…

— James Allen

The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.

— Victor Hugo

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

— Elie Wiesel

Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times.

— Vaclav Havel

Hopelessness may be the saddest word in our language. Despair is the enemy of our souls. It can paralyze us, halt our progress, and…

— Dwan J. Young

Hope is the adrenalin of the soul.

— Amy Tan