"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Awareness
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hope
"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment, and things left unsaid."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adversity
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adversity
"I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody."
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adversity
"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
Hope