Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradict… — Paul Ricoeur

Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death.

Paul RicoeurPhilosopher · French · 1913 – 2005

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