Quotes about hope

I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.

GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Dream of a Ridiculous ManChapter 5The ridiculous man

Judge the Russian people not by the abominations they so often commit, but by the great and holy things for which, even in their abomination, they constantly yearn.

GenuineFyodor DostoevskyA Writer's DiaryFebruary 1876, chapter 1, section 2 ("On Love of the People. An Essential Pact with the People")