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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

~Abbe Pierre

Topics: Concerns Despair Lives People Should Universal Young Young People

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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Compassion Defiance Despair Done God Greatest Greatest Strength Harm Holds Love Man One Time Others Passion Person Religious Strength Suffers Thought Time Times Who Whose

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

~Aeschylus

Topics: Against Awful Cannot Despair Drop Even Falls Forget God Grace He Heart Learns Must Our Own Pain Sleep Suffer Us Who Will Wisdom

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As recently as the September 11 event, the majority of Muslims were, as the rest of the world was, against its violence. However, if despair and humiliation continue in the population of more than one billion Muslims, the world will face increasing risks of conflicts and wars.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Against Billion Conflicts Continue Despair Event Face However Humiliation Increasing Majority More Muslims Population Recently Rest Risks September Than Violence Wars Were Will World

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When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

~Al Gore

Topics: About Actions Despair Flirt Focusing Future Instead Less Likely Necessary People Safeguard Short-Term Take

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As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: About Am Been Depression Despair Fool Gloom Hate Myself Personality Prone I Am

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You will often be in despair. You will sometimes think it's the worst decision in your life. That's fine. That's not a sign your marriage has gone wrong. It's a sign that it's normal; it's on track. And many of the hopes that took you into the marriage will have to die in order for the marriage to continue.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Continue Decision Despair Die Fine Gone Hopes Life Many Marriage Normal Often Order Sign Sometimes Think Took Track Will Worst Wrong You Your

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I despair of reality television, but I've never met anyone who watches it. Or people say, 'I watch it, but I hate it.' I've never met anyone who loves it. It's like, it's there, and we have to accept it.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Accept Anyone Despair Hate Like Loves Met Never People People Say Reality Reality Television Say Television Watch Watches Who

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There is no love of life without despair of life.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Despair Life Love No Love Without

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It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Alibi Anyway Despair Fall Feel Going Love Necessary Only Provide Random You

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