"There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know."
- Jean Paul
Adversity
"The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."
- Jean Paul
Reflection
"What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease."
- Jean Paul
Reflection
"Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven."
- Jean Paul
Wisdom
"What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity."
- Jean Paul
Wisdom
"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