Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive.

Psychologists
Erik Erikson
German-American psychologist (1902-1994) who coined identity crisis and mapped life as eight psychosocial stages. Trained by Anna Freud, he taught at Harvard without a degree and won a Pulitzer for Gandhi's Truth.
View this figure's profile
Erik Erikson's Other Quotes
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.
The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.
Related Quotes
Clever deceit is no match for clumsy honesty.
-- Han Fei
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus
Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical.
-- Sergey Brin
I have always acted on this principle: I would rather lose money than trust.
-- Robert Bosch
I often hear people say that the business which is built on a basis of good will and good character to all, is the business which will ultimately succeed.
-- Milton S. Hershey