I'm still thinking
about the assertion…that man cannot live without hope, and that men who have
really lost all hope often become wild and wicked. It may be an open question whether in this
case hope = illusion. The importance of
illusion to one's life should certainly not be underestimated; but for a Christian there must be hope based
on a firm foundation. And if even
illusion has so much power in people's lives that it can keep life moving, how
great a power there is in a hope that is based on certainty, and how invincible
a life with such a hope is. 'Christ our hope' - this Pauline formula is the
strength of our lives.
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
