In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. - J R R Tolkien But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain. - Theodor Adorno Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts. - Ann Aguirre I can only conclude that worse than hunger or thirst, worse than being unemployed, unhappy in love or defeated and in despair, far worse than any of all those things, is feeling that no one, absolutely no one, cares about us. - Paulo Coelho Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. - Elizabeth Gilbert The two waiters inside the cafe knew that theo ld man was a little drunk, and w...

Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone. - Chinua Achebe Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. - Andrew Jackson To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. - Emile M Cioran Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds. - Gordon B Hinckley When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don't say to yourself "All is lost. I have to start all over again." This is not true. What you have gained you have gained....When you return to the the road, you return to the place where you left it, not to where you ...

I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive for property and experience nausea and the depths of despair in order to learn not to resist them, in order to learn to love the world, and no longer compare it with some kind of desired imaginary vision of perfection, but to leave it as it is, to love it and be glad to belong to it. - Hermann Hesse I'm in the depths of despair! (Anne of Green Gables) - L M Montgomery On top of the world, or in the depths of despair. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. - Edwin Hubbel Chapin Only those who are destined to rise to the peak of greatness are allowed to descend to the lowest depths of despair. For that is where they learn humility and compassion. T. Pollard - Tara Pollard Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape...