Attention Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still…

— Blaise Cendrars

It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so…

— Charles Baudelaire

From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

— Andre Gide

The serenity produced by the contemplation and philosophy of nature is the only remedy for prejudice, superstition, and inordinate self-importance, teaching us that we…

— Luther Burbank

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

— John Donne

Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues a defect…

— Jeremy Collier

“Refuge from despair is often found in the passion of self-pity and that spirit of obstinate resistance which it engenders.”

— George Gissing

Often the wisdom of the body Clarifies the despair of the spirit.

— Marion Woodman

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find…

— Swami Vivekananda

Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly nurtured, whereas…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Despair is suffering without meaning.

— Viktor E. Frankl

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles…

— Charles Inglis