Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very 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

“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

“But it's in despair that you discover the most intense pleasure, especially when you are acutely conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Psychologically, action is the antidote to despair.”

— Ken Breniman

“Despair leads to distress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“But if a person has never experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“No one likes to see people in moods of despair they themselves have survived.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

“With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair increases: the more consciousness the more…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“...the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.”

— W Somerset Maugham

In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of satisfaction.

— Zicheng Hong