His Despair Quotes
- The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. — Max Jacob
- Compared with the person who is conscious of his despair, the despairing individual who is ignorant of his despair is simply a negativity further away… — Soren Kierkegaard
- The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase: the greater the degree of consciousness, the… — Soren Kierkegaard
- My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties but only brute… — Frantz Fanon
- Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his… — Franz Kafka
- Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise… — Emily Bronte
- A man's concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease. — Viktor E. Frankl