“To hope for nothing, to expect nothing, to demand nothing. This is analytical despair.”
James Hillman (1926–2011) American psychologist
Source: Suicide and the Soul
“In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair… the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.”
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Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
As quoted in The Truth in Words (2005) by Neal Zero
“Who can hope for nothing should despair of nothing.”
Original: (la) Qui nil potest sperare, desperate nihil.
Source: Tragedies, Medea (c. 50 CE), Line 163 (trans. A. J. Boyle)
William Faulkner book The Town
Gavin Stevens in Ch. 8
The two lines quoted — not altogether accurately — are from A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad (1896), XVIII:<p>And now the fancy passes by
And nothing will remain.
The Town (1957)
Shantananda Saraswati (1934–2005) Hindu spiritual teacher
Good Company. The Study Society. 2009
Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux
Variant: Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.
Source: The Tale of Despereaux (2004)
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Source: Knots Untied (1877), Ch. XVII: "The Fallibility of Ministers", p. 383
