“And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.”

“Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.”

“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”

“It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes.”

“No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.”

“I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.”

“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.”

“You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.”

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”