• “Hope is consistently associated with fewer symptoms of depression. And the good news is that hope can be developed in many of the people who need it.”
   Jennifer Cheavens, Ohio State University
• “The brain can change as a result of the thoughts we think. Something as seemingly insubstantial as a thought can affect the very stuff of the brain in a way that can lead to a greater capacity for empathy and compassion.”
   Time Magazine, January 2007