But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Perhaps the Doors, Curtains, Surface Pictures, Panes of Glass, etc. are metaphors of despair, prompted by the dilemma that our sense of… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed,… — Anonymous 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
I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in… — Ji-Hae Park Copy Share Image
It is a great truth, " God reigns," and therefore grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord;… — Ichabod Spencer Copy Share Image
I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I… — Karin Fossum Copy Share Image
Without the knowledge of our wretchedness, the knowledge of God creates pride. With it, the knowledge of God creates despair. The knowledge… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When a girl says she won't break your heart. Listen to how she says I love you, it will determine if her… — Gian Lewis Joseph Copy Share Image
Several times I asked myself, "Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I barely managed to do the small talk—the what-do-you-do , the where-are-you-from , the what-neighborhood , the what-college , the despair of… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Living in a state of constant wistful despair, perhaps, will be my destiny, said the traveller. Longing to be touched by you,… — Preeti Bhonsle Copy Share Image
Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
“And leaning on the windowsill to enjoy the day, gazing at the variegated mass of the whole city, just one thought fills… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Those who say they believe in God and yet neither love nor fear Him, do not in fact believe in Him but… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
When Levin thought what he was and what he was living for, he could find no answer to the questions and was… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image