Quotes: Søren Kierkegaard

"The most common form of despair is not being who you are." 

–– Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, and social critic 

Quotes: Jean-Paul Sartre

"Life begins on the other side of despair." 

–– Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French philosopher and writer 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 145.

Quotes 278: Thomas Merton

"... one cannot truly know hope unless he [or she] has found out how like despair hope is."

–– Thomas Merton (1915-1968), American Trappist monk, writer, scholar, and social activist 

via Sketchbook 4, 2008, p. 143