“America. It is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.”
"Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man."
- Thomas Wolfe
Adversity
"All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken."
- Thomas Wolfe
Connection to Earth
"America – it is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time."
- Thomas Wolfe
Optimism
"“America. It is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.”"
- Thomas Wolfe
Optimism
"Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."
- Thomas Wolfe
Philosophy
"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