There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.

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"Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all."

- Alexandre Dumas

Love

"There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss."

- Alexandre Dumas

Awareness

"All human wisdom is summed up in these two words – ‘Wait and hope.’"

- Alexandre Dumas

Hope

"Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.'"

- Alexandre Dumas

Hope

"All for one and one for all."

- Alexandre Dumas

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"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"No one is beyond redemption."

- Beauty and the Beast

Hope

"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Hope

"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

- Cormac McCarthy

Hope

"Light tomorrow with today."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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