#despair

The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#despair #faith #jung #psychology #faith

They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. ↗

— Patricia Christian Punches

#encouraging #faith #hope #inspirational #memoir

The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real root cause of all our anger and pain and despair. And you can either run from this fact or, by way of love, you can embrace it. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#love #mortality #anger

For anything worth accomplishing, we can always find reasons to doubt, just as we can also find reasons to proceed...I have chosen to side with faith and hope over doubt and despair. ↗

— Brandon Mull

#doubt #faith #hope #faith

Is there any good news?' Tesla said. Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news? ↗

— Clive Barker

#funny #life #funny

It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#funny

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#evil #goodness #inspirational #love #sadness

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#life #life

Phury knelt beside him and stroked his face. "I've only ever had you to live for. If you die I have nothing. I'm utterly lost. And you are needed here." Zsadist tried to reach out, but couldn't lift his arms as Phury stood up. "God, Z, I keep thinking this tragedy of ours is going to be over. But it just keeps going, doesn't it?" Zsadist blacked out to the sound of his twin's boots heading from the room. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#love #sacrifice #love

The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward. ↗

— Aberjhani

#determination #dreams #inspiration #metaphysics #motivation