1,310 Quotes About Despair

There at the cross, we see all pain and darkness conquered in such a way that it is defeated forever. Not by disregarding it. Not by denying it. But by giving value even to our tears. By loving everything about us, including our very worst hurts.

It is better to be positive than negative.

أعرف أنك في هذه الآونة تقعين أحيانا فريسة لخوفك من الحياة أكثر من خوفك من الموت. وأعلم أنك في سبيل الخلاص من هذه المعاناة تلجئين في الغالب أكثر فأكثر لخيالك. لكن مايغيب عنك أن خيالك الآن هو بصدد تدميرك.لا يجب أن تصيخي السمع لهذا الصوت المتردد في داخلك بمديح الموت وكأنه الحل الوحيد أمامك. عليك بشجاعة المقاومة بدل الاستسلام للهزيمة. فالموت ليس الحل الأنسب للخوف والمعاناة.

It seems like I have lived a lifetime in just one day.

When in despair… when in fear… when in doubt… make something.

Where there is no hope, there is Christmas. And where there is no Christmas, there is no hope.

To NobodaddyWhy art thou silent & invisible,Father of Jealousy?Why dost thou hide thyself in cloudsFrom every searching Eye?Why darkness & obscurityIn all thy works & laws,That none dare eat the fruit but fromThy wily serpent's jaws?Or is it because SecrecyGains females' loud applause?

...I would train myself to make my work so mechanical that I could concentrate much of my energy on listening and watching. My knowledge, I believed, would still the voices of despair inside me.

As I was looking at myself in the bathroom mirror, it occurred to me that if all else failed, a man could at least kiss himself, and I stared in to the mirror, conjuring up the memory of the couple in the film. I couldn't get the image of their lips out of my mind. But by now I'd realised I'd not even be kissing myself; I'd be kissing the mirror.