I'm specifically referring to this certain feeling of sadness, fear, and helplessness that descended on me at the Mexico City protest a day or two after the Narvarte murders. Many of us have grown familiar with that feeling. Every few weeks or so it seems we're hit with some new crime or some new corruption scandal that isn't quite the same as a massacre, but that spawns a feeling of futility and despair in its own way.
You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you cannot succeed. Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure into success and despair into happiness. No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light
Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair.
I have often been downcast, but never in despair.
It is because the world is so full of suffering, that your happiness is a gift. It is because the world is so full of poverty, that your wealth is a gift. It is because the world is so unfriendly, that your smile is a gift. It is because the world is so full of war, that your peace of mind is a gift. It is because the world is in such despair, that your hope and optimism is a gift. It is because the world is so afraid, that your love is a gift.
The most common despair is. . . not choosing, or willing, to be oneself. . . [but] the deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than oneself.
Despair lames most people, but it wakes others fully up.
Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
Men, however, shouldn't despair. They are excellent at identifying and imitating animal sounds, which would have been a significant advantage for the ancient hunter. Sadly, that's not quite as much use today.
[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
I am prone to despair. We are all born with a particular personality. I get afraid and then I don't want to leave the house.
For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.
Never flinch, never weary, never despair.
The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.
If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.
The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
War is always a professional enterprise; despair is left to amateurs.
To live is often only to have a choice of several despairs.
Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.