Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Despair Quotations

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches the former to live, and it strengthens the hopes of the latter in salvation in the midst of distress. Death is new life to both.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.