The optimist's hope and the pessimist's despair: reciprocal illusions.

Cultivate interests. Interests are a shield against despair.

Nothing is more seductive than nothing.

Don't look for gold where there is none.

It is never more necessary to act than when action seems futile.

Despair: thinking without acting.

Who does not despair when they think without acting?

Don't despair if you wake up feeling useless or empty. It's not life, it's not reality, it's only your mind.

Some stories end in despair, some begin there