"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."

Death, Hope, Contradiction, Living

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"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."

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"The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character."

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"It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach."

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"Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence."

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"Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it."

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"The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism."

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"But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny."

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"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."

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"The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative."

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"There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation."

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"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

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"It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty."

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"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""

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Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"Better to rest in peace than rot in pieces."

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