You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.