We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope… — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Look at the faces of hopeless people, as if they're frozen, their stares blank, their postures empty, their terrifying silence, as if… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“There is no hopelessness so sad as that of early youth, when the soul is made up of wants, and has no… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Often when people are diagnosed with a life-changing medical condition, they feel overwhelmed. They feel choked by darkness and hopelessness. Those are… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
“I encouraged my patients to floss. It was hard to do some days. They should have flossed. Flossing prevents periodontal disease and… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“Some hopeless people who anticipate only death cite Scripture that says “I desire to depart and be with Christ” (Phil. 1:23). But… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
“Silently, she wondered whether this was the same desperation, the same impotence that grips many men by their shirts, their T-shirts, their… — Panashe Chigumadzi Copy Share Image
In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t lock the door anymore—not out of courage, but quiet desperation. Each night, he lies there, hollowed and waiting, hoping a… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
“If you have ever felt hopeless hang on The night you’re enduring may seem long but there is joy coming in the… — Sue Augustine Copy Share Image
If I extend an empty hand and in retrieving it and finding it still empty, I feel disappointment, that is foolishness; yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's my experience that people want to do something, but become confused by an overwhelming sense of hopelessness, not knowing what to… — Bill Carter Copy Share Image
I was in Mexico City. It's a very pleasant city in many ways. It's vibrant, lively, pretty exciting society, but also depressing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
While civilization is more than a high material living standard it is nevertheless based on material abundance. It does not thrive on… — Krafft Arnold Ehricke Copy Share Image
“And then Elena's dog ate her bacon. She had heated up a slice of bacon on a paper towel, put it on… — Chimanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“Life is the tragedy,' she said bitterly. 'You know how they categorize Shakespeare's plays, right? If it ends with a wedding, it's… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
There are terrible disasters and tragedies and miseries all over the place, in places like Africa with the atrocities in Darfur, India… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“But the sky was never quite the same shade of blue again. I mean the world looked different forever after, and even… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Death seemed to depict the finality of the hopelessness which is man’s lot alienated from God. It does not, however, mean loss… — Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Copy Share Image
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“She waited uneasily and shyly. From afar he saw that her eyes--clearly her father's--were filled with desperate innocence. He pictured, in her,… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Once upon a long ago time I was a girl with hopeful halos in my eyes—not unlike you—not a typical beauty but… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
