Hope is something that is demanded of us; it is not, then, a mere reasoned calculation of our chances. Nor is it merely the bubbling up of a sanguine temperament; if it is demanded of us, it lies not in the temperament but in the will... Hoping for what? For delivereance from persecution, for immunity from plague, pestilence, and famine...? No, for the grace of persevering in his Christian profession, and for the consequent achievement of a happy immortality. Strictly speaking, then, the highest exercise of hope, supernaturally speaking, is to hope for perseverance and for Heaven when it looks, when it feels, as if you were going to lose both one and the other. — Ronald A. Knox Hope is an amazing thing. — Charles Martin Sometimes When we lose hope there isnt time to get it back so we sit in our sorrow but never would get out as if lock up in a dark room or corner, closing eyes wont help, ask for a piece of hope and hold it close you will soon g...