Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

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"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

- James Baldwin

Love

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

- James Baldwin

Love

"Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

- James Baldwin

Love

"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

- James Baldwin

Love

"If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons."

- James Baldwin

Love

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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

Hope