In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
In a world characterized by loneliness and despair, we can reach out in love to those around us. Or, as St. Francis… — Phil Callaway Copy Share Image
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever… — John Milton Copy Share Image
People aren’t interested in the truth, Dafar. They’re interested in what keeps them safe. They’re interested in being looked after. They’re interested… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Life is a constant flux of ups and downs A chain of happy smiles and edgy frowns Just know that the purpose… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Yet at least he had believed in the cars, maybe to excess: how could he not, seeing people poorer than him come… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Just as the bird leaves no trace, no record of its flight upon the void, so human desire can gain nothing out… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. But once the decision was made, I simply followed… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
On one level my sense of despair had been dispelled by therapy, yet on another it had not been replaced by either… — Anthony Loyd Copy Share Image
There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
If I could tell the world just one thing It would be that we're all OK And not to worry 'cause worry… — Jewel Copy Share Image
Every emotion, from despair all of the way up to ecstasy; from complete Connection to who-you-really-are, all the way to pinching yourself… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“But if a person has never experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life;… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Shall I, wasting in despair,Die because a woman's fair?Or make pale my cheeks with care,'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer than the… — George Wither Copy Share Image
As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“To conceive the horror of my sensations is, I presume, utterly impossible; yet a curiosity to penetrate the mysteries of these awful… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Without Jesus Christ man must be in vice and misery with Jesus Christ man is free from vice and misery in Him… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Your inspiration taps hidden reserves of promise that sustain people through times that induce despair. You enable people to envision a future… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Investigating Koreiko's case might take a long time," said Ostap. "God only knows how long. And since there is no God, nobody… — Ilya Ilf Copy Share Image
Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Only the mediocre want to die of old age. Suffer, then, drink pleasure to its last dregs, cry or laugh, scream in… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
It didn't take a trauma to make you wear a mask. It didn't take your parents getting shot...or cosmic rays or a… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
“But it's in despair that you discover the most intense pleasure, especially when you are acutely conscious of the hopelessness of your… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Do you feel cold and lost in desperation? You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known Remember all the sadness and… — Linkin Park Copy Share Image
Say "yes" to life! "Yes" to wonder, to joy, to despair. "Yes" to pain, "yes" to what you don't understand. Try "yes."… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too, have felt despair many times in my life, but I do… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness.… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Do not despair if the answers don't come immediately. Some answers are… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
