--- title: "12 World Despair Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 World Despair quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best World Despair sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ravi-zacharias-1158_despair_for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair_763662.png" --- > [For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair-is-not-a-moment-it-is-a-way/) [Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ravi-zacharias-1158_despair_for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair_763662.png) > [“Funny how even a grain of hope can manage to eclipse a whole world of despair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-tatlock/funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manage-to-eclipse-a-whole-world-of/) [Ann Tatlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-tatlock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/ann-tatlock-43172_despair_funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manag_97039.jpg) > [I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world-s-despair-but-to-make-bad/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/robert-frost-371_despair_i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world_3195465.png) > [Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote-to-the-world-s-despair/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/marianne-williamson-90_antidote_enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote_1139969.png) > [“If it were evenly distributed," said Rodman, "the example of justice in the world might lead at last to a sane world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/if-it-were-evenly-distributed-said-rodman-the-example-of-justice-in/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/isaac-asimov-309_justice_if-it-were-evenly-distributed-said-rodma_2531106.jpg) > [When we think of nothing our mind and heart are relaxed. But when we get hooked into a world of despair we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/when-we-think-of-nothing-our-mind-and-heart-are-relaxed-but-when-we/) [Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/jeremy-limn-301_consciousness_when-we-think-of-nothing-our-mind-and-he_1889689.jpg) > [“Despair is the fuel of terrorism, and hope is the fuel of civilization, so we have to put more hope into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-izzard/despair-is-the-fuel-of-terrorism-and-hope-is-the-fuel-of-civilization-2/) [Eddie Izzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-izzard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/eddie-izzard-1732_building-walls_despair-is-the-fuel-of-terrorism-and-hop_3226152.jpg) > [Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pain-or-damage-don-t-end-the-world-or-despair-or-fucking-beatings-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/anonymous-1_quote_pain-or-damage-don-t-end-the-world-or-de_1154087.jpg) > [“It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/it-s-despair-that-so-few-of-us-care-it-s-despair-that-there-s-so-much/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/john-fowles-816_despair_it-s-despair-that-so-few-of-us-care-it-s_1521778.jpg) > [“It's despair at the lack of (I'm cheating, I didn't say all these things - but I'm going to write what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/it-s-despair-at-the-lack-of-i-m-cheating-i-didn-t-say-all-these/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/john-fowles-816_cruelty_it-s-despair-at-the-lack-of-i-m-cheating_2876978.png) > [It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/it-s-despair-at-the-lack-of-feeling-of-love-of-reason-in-the-world-it/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/john-fowles-816_bombs_it-s-despair-at-the-lack-of-feeling-of-l_470125.png) > [“The twenty-first century is a key century for us on this planet. Either we make a world, where all seven billion people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-izzard/the-twenty-first-century-is-a-key-century-for-us-on-this-planet/) [Eddie Izzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-izzard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/eddie-izzard-1732_building-walls_the-twenty-first-century-is-a-key-centur_1244550.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-despair/#itemlist", "name": "World Despair Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ravi Zacharias" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair-is-not-a-moment-it-is-a-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ravi-zacharias-1158_despair_for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair_763662.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ravi-zacharias-1158_despair_for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair_763662.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ravi-zacharias-1158_despair_for-many-in-our-high-paced-world-despair_763662.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.” — Ravi Zacharias", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Funny how even a grain of hope can manage to eclipse a whole world of despair.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Tatlock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-tatlock/funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manage-to-eclipse-a-whole-world-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/ann-tatlock-43172_despair_funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manag_97039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/ann-tatlock-43172_despair_funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manag_97039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/ann-tatlock-43172_despair_funny-how-even-a-grain-of-hope-can-manag_97039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Funny how even a grain of hope can manage to eclipse a whole world of despair.” — Ann Tatlock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Frost" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world-s-despair-but-to-make-bad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/robert-frost-371_despair_i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world_3195465.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/robert-frost-371_despair_i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world_3195465.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/robert-frost-371_despair_i-turned-to-speak-to-god-about-the-world_3195465.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.” — Robert Frost", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marianne Williamson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote-to-the-world-s-despair/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/marianne-williamson-90_antidote_enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote_1139969.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/marianne-williamson-90_antidote_enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote_1139969.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/marianne-williamson-90_antidote_enlightenment-is-the-only-real-antidote_1139969.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.” — Marianne Williamson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If it were evenly distributed,\" said Rodman, \"the example of justice in the world might lead at last to a sane world policy. 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