"Even when there is no longer hope for the body, there is always hope for the soul."

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Source : Jerome Groopman (2003). “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness”, p.6, Random House

Jerome Groopman

#Hope Quotes #Soul Quotes #Body Quotes

“We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die.”
“Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.”
“As an actor, youâ€™ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident in yourself.”
“They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you because no one understands you.”
“Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.”

Source : 'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 106
“The wheels of justice - they're square wheels.”
“The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.”
“Problems are gifts from heaven to help every one of us to grow but for those who are to grow the most, heaven bestows rejection. Today is not bad just because yesterday seemed better. All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation.”

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