The Bible, which ranges over a period of four thousand years, records but one instance of a death-bed conversion (the thief on… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stop crying over people who could careless about you , if you're going to cry, at least cry over what deserves your… — Telisa McLaughlin Copy Share Image
we must seize life because we never know how much of it remains for us, that faith is the antidote to despair… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
One will hope they will never have one of those moments, but of course, hope is a fruitless thing. You hope for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Such was a poet and shall be and is -who'll solve the depths of horror to defend a sunbeam's architecture with his… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
To a certain extent all philosophers have been involved in a systematic questioning that undermines confidence and certainty. Philosophy as a whole… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
So, cutting the lashing of the waterproof match keg, after many failures Starbuck contrived to ignite the lamp in the lantern; then… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The death anxiety of many people is fueled ... by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential. Many people are in despair… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
Compared with the person who is conscious of his despair, the despairing individual who is ignorant of his despair is simply a… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Helen dared to look up without being invited to do so. “I cannot thank you enough for your kindness, Lady Consort.” “Kindness… — Candace L. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“He, on the other hand, who really could sympathize therewith, would have to despair of the value of life; were he to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Nora knows better than most that nothing lasts forever. Life doesn't, love doesn't, hope doesn't, so why would death, hate, or despair?… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“Let it not be said by a future, forlorn generation that we wasted and lost our great potential because our despair was… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall… — John Strachan Copy Share Image
My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
“We do not want to comprehend that people may and do die of emotional pain, or to recognize the terror in ourselves… — Jill Bialosky Copy Share Image
Christianity has a hunter's instinct for finding out all those who by one means or another may be driven to despair -although… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Like Magellan, let us find our islands To die in, far from home, from anywhere Familiar. Let us risk the wildest places,… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and… — Alfred Tennyson Copy Share Image
Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since when do we even play games?” “Since when don’t we play games? Games of life, games of death. Games of love,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
When despair for the world grows in me... I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical.… — Harry Nilsson Copy Share Image
The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of… — Jürgen Moltmann Copy Share Image
Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“And while a part of her wanted that more than anything; to let go, embrace the despair and let it flood through… — Kyle M. Scott Copy Share Image
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Alvin didn't cry, didn't curse, didn't holler… He was too far gone to roar on that day or even to crack. Only… — Philip Roth 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
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