Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

“The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in w…”

“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty…”

“You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up th…”

“Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it”