Despair Quote by Karen Armstrong

It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.

— Bernie Siegel

I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I…

— Chath Piersath

After having been lost in the world, suddenly, through the pressure of suffering, the realization comes that the answers may not be found out…

— Eckhart Tolle

“So many times, in our despair, we see our pain as something that will never end. In fact, this often defines our moments of…

— Mark Nepo

There are moments in our lives that we stumble and fall. We disappoint and we fail. Most of the time we find the strength…

— Anonymous

“Finding meaning for life is simply coming into significance because you have been able to accomplish and fulfill your purpose.”

— Sunday Adelaja

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— Rachel Naomi Remen

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that…

— Viktor E. Frankl

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— Daniel G. Amen

“Sometimes we don’t discover our purpose until the darkest moments strip us of everything and all we are left with is brokenness and heartache.…

— Danny Gokey

It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you or you…

— Robert Collier

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be…

— Agatha Christie