Hope is particularly intensely felt in times of crisis, both in the lives of individuals and in societies. When some hopes turn out to be mere illusions, this allows hope to purify and mature, to aim deeper, and to realign itself. Crisis is also a cradle of hope. Hope then resembles a crack through which the future casts a beam of its light into the present. In this book, Tomáš Halík honors various forms of human hope and reveals what may be hidden within them, for example, when existential questions arise in everyday experiences or when the longing for the Absolute becomes palpable.