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Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.

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.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.