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Despair Quotes

We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven’t even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair Picture Quote #1

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force Picture Quote #1

Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale Picture Quote #1

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same Picture Quote #1

This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the vagaries of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama Picture Quote #1

For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a new way Picture Quote #1

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Despair breeds fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. A world of truly shared abundance would be a safer world Picture Quote #1

Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness Picture Quote #1

You should therefore say: alone in one’s boat, alone with one’s care, alone with one’s despair, which one is craven enough to want rather to keep than submit to the pain of being healed Picture Quote #1

Finally, the lessons of impermanence taught me this: loss constitutes an odd kind of fullness; despair empties out into an unquenchable appetite for life Picture Quote #1

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal Picture Quote #1

I thought I’d reached the bottom a few times, but then I’d realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that Picture Quote #1

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Now, I believe in life, and I believe in the joy of human existence, but these things cannot be experienced except as we also face the despair, also face the anxiety that every human being has to face if he lives with any creativity at all Picture Quote #1

For every veteran who goes through a divorce, a wife goes through one, too. For every veteran alone in the basement, there is a wife upstairs, bewildered, isolated and in despair from the dark clouds of war that hangs over family life Picture Quote #1

One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through the entire culture; that is why suburban children want rap music Picture Quote #1

What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well Picture Quote #1

For usually people resist as long as they can to dismiss the fool they harbor in their bosom, they resist to confess a major mistake or to admit a truth that makes them despair Picture Quote #1

He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation Picture Quote #1

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Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate Picture Quote #1

Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty Picture Quote #1

From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger Picture Quote #1

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded Picture Quote #1

Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love Picture Quote #1

The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending Picture Quote #1

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I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage Picture Quote #1

Meaning drives us from despair to wonder, from confusion to clarity, from hesitance to confidence. And the only place to find meaning is in the importance of small things Picture Quote #1

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair Picture Quote #1

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength Picture Quote #1

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares Picture Quote #1

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure Picture Quote #1

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We are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven’t even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair (Despair Quotes) Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force (Despair Quotes) Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale (Despair Quotes) Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same (Despair Quotes) This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the vagaries of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama (Despair Quotes) For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a new way (Despair Quotes) Despair breeds fundamentalism, fanaticism, and terrorism. A world of truly shared abundance would be a safer world (Despair Quotes) Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness (Despair Quotes) You should therefore say: alone in one’s boat, alone with one’s care, alone with one’s despair, which one is craven enough to want rather to keep than submit to the pain of being healed (Despair Quotes) Finally, the lessons of impermanence taught me this: loss constitutes an odd kind of fullness; despair empties out into an unquenchable appetite for life (Despair Quotes) Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal (Despair Quotes) I thought I’d reached the bottom a few times, but then I’d realise there was another 30 floors of despair below that (Despair Quotes) Now, I believe in life, and I believe in the joy of human existence, but these things cannot be experienced except as we also face the despair, also face the anxiety that every human being has to face if he lives with any creativity at all (Despair Quotes) For every veteran who goes through a divorce, a wife goes through one, too. For every veteran alone in the basement, there is a wife upstairs, bewildered, isolated and in despair from the dark clouds of war that hangs over family life (Despair Quotes) One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through the entire culture; that is why suburban children want rap music (Despair Quotes) What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well (Despair Quotes) For usually people resist as long as they can to dismiss the fool they harbor in their bosom, they resist to confess a major mistake or to admit a truth that makes them despair (Despair Quotes) He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation (Despair Quotes) Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate (Despair Quotes) Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty (Despair Quotes) From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger (Despair Quotes) To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded (Despair Quotes) Because I have known despair, I value hope. Because I have tasted frustration, I value fulfillment. Because I have been lonely, I value love (Despair Quotes) The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending (Despair Quotes) I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage (Despair Quotes) Meaning drives us from despair to wonder, from confusion to clarity, from hesitance to confidence. And the only place to find meaning is in the importance of small things (Despair Quotes) Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair (Despair Quotes) From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength (Despair Quotes) The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares (Despair Quotes) We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure (Despair Quotes)

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