"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen."― Desiderius Erasmus Topic(s): HopeMore From Desiderius Erasmus"War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.""War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.""Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin."More In Hope"I am encouraged that there’s going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that’s not wishful thinking."― Jan Brewer"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."― Gustave Flaubert"Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother."― Anne Lamott