If life is to be sustained, hope must remain...
If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.
The fact that human conscience remains partially infantile throughout life is the core of human tragedy.
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.