What feelings, understanding and will a person has depends in the last resort upon what imagination he has - how he represents himself to himself, that is, upon imagination. (pp. 60 - 61)

He who says without pretence that he despairs is, after all, a little nearer, a dialectical step nearer being cured than all those who are not regarded and who…

The world has generally no understanding of what is truly horrifying. The despair that not only does not cause any inconvenience in life, but makes life conven…

When whatever causes person to despair occurs, it is immediately evident that he has been in despair his whole life. (p. 54)