“Despair exists only when there is hope.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
11th Public Talk, London, UK (25 May 1961)
1960s
“My only hope lies in my despair.”
Mon unique espérance est dans mon désespoir.
Atalide, Bajazet, (1672), act I, scene IV.
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John Davidson (1857–1909) Scottish poet
"The Last Journey", from The Testament of dick peter (London: Grant Richards, 1908) p. 146
“Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!”
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Polish composer
As quoted in Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale.
Source: Jorgensen's Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale (2003), p. 26
“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
Anthony Swofford book Jarhead
Source: Jarhead
Jack Layton (1950–2011) Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
"A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton." https://pdf.yt/d/RKyhnDdu-DXG3J6s 20 August 2011. <br class="br">Released upon his death.
“But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.”
George Eliot book Middlemarch
Source: Middlemarch (1871)
“If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.”
Si sapis, alterum alteri misce: nec speraveris sine desperatione nec desperaveris sine spe.
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Alternate translation: Hope not without despair, despair not without hope. (translated by Zachariah Rush).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind, Line 12
“It's not the despair, Laura, I can stand the despair. It's the hope.”
Michael Frayn (1933) British writer
Clockwise (1986), cited from Malcolm Page File on Frayn (London: Methuen, 1994) p. 65.