Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!