#2,783

It is upon the antinomies of reason, upon the scandals of the spirit, upon the ruptures in the universe, that I base my hope and my faith.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 446

#2,615

Only the unexpected fully satisfies.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 423

#2,374

The fool loses his hopes, never his illusions.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 384

#2,319

To learn to die is to learn to let the motives for hope die without letting hope die.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 376

#2,282

Nothing that satisfies our expectations fulfills our hopes.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 370

#1,740

Death is the unequivocal sign of our dependence.
Our dependence is the unequivocal foundation of our hope.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 288

#1,718

Because his carefully calculated expectations failed, the fool believes that the madness of our hopes has been mocked.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 285

#1,714

The Christian knows that he can claim nothing, but can hope for everything.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 285

#1,703

Illusions plague the man who renounces hope.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 283

#1,523

I understand that Communism which is a protest, but not that which is a hope.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 255

#1,373

Our plans should be modest, our hopes boundless.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 235

#1,084

Hope is not fatally stultifying, if we do not hope in a future with an upper-case F.
To cherish the hope of a new earthly splendor is not illicit, provided we hope in a splendor that is wounded, frail, mortal.
We can love what is of the earth without fault, as long as we remember that we love fleeting clay.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 192

#1,041

Intelligent optimism is never faith in progress, but hope in a miracle.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 185

#864

Lucidity, in the 20th century, has as its requisite abandonment to hope.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 158

#657

The new catechists profess that Progress is the modern incarnation of hope.
But Progress is not hope emerging, but the dying echo of hope already vanished.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 121

#579

Man at times despairs with dignity, but it is rare for him to hope with intelligence.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 109

#408

Modern man does not love, but takes refuge in love; does not hope, but takes refuge in hope; does not believe, but takes refuge in a dogma.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 83

#362

Progressivist hope does not swell up except in speeches.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 76

#183

How can anyone live who does not hope for miracles?

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 50

#153

The most desperate man is only the man who best hides his hope.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 45