The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency…

“I realised with a prickle of discomfort why he bothered me: it was not so much that I resented the hearty backslapping bonhomie of…

— S. J. Parris (Heresy: An Historical Thriller

“To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.”

— Robert H. Baker

“I can’t help but think about the concept of loneliness, of having no one – how tangible melancholy is.”

— Carol Mason

Indeed, the keynote of government is injustice. With the arrogance and self-sufficiency of the King who could do no wrong, governments ordain, judge, condemn,…

— Emma Goldman

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

— Bob Dylan

Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great.

— David Platt

America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster…

— Alison Lurie

A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own…

— Norman Vincent Peale

“The flat is small, with only a sliver of ocean view from the bedroom window, but I pay for it myself—not from the family…

— Emma Chase

The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And…

— Kenneth Keniston

We in the West seem to have made a fetish out of complete individual self-sufficiency, of not needing help, of being completely private except…

— Carl Rogers

In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from…

— Stanislaw Ulam

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you…

— William Nicholson

Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than…

— David Rolf

Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

— Quentin Crisp