That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse! Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Do we ever have to abandon all hope? Is it not perhaps a good thing that by refusing to give in to the evidence, the dreams that lie half awake in us all may persist? Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Hope is a flicker, a candle flame kept burning by the simple act of breathing. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Any fool can hope when success lies plainly in view. It wants genuine strength to hope when matters are hopeless. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>