Brain Quote by Mitchell Heisman

Despair is a natural emotion.

— Tim Kaine

Despair is the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a person deliberately turns his back on all help from anyone else in…

— Thomas Merton

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

— Charlie Chaplin

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

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Despair leads to distress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Despair is part of love.

— Andrew Solomon

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

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

— Irvin D. Yalom

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to…

— Alain de Botton

“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

When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

— Dmitri Shostakovich

Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows…

— Pierre Charron