Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position...”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration.”

— Thomas Merton

It's in despair that you find the sharpest pleasures, particularly when you are most acutely aware of the hopelessness of your position.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Maybe a certain degree of deprivation was necessary to the experience of pleasure, just as suffering was an integral part of joy.”

— Claire Holden Rothman

“Everything you do must be in pursuit of pleasure.”

— Skye Warren

“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…

— Paulo Coelho

“Psychologically, action is the antidote to despair.”

— Ken Breniman

“Despair leads to distress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Be careful with too much joy, it can make you numb in life.”

— Toba Beta