“The book was Shelley, and it opened at a passage that he had cherished greatly two years before, and marked as “very… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When Pico [Iyer] talks about home being a place of isolation, I think he's right. But it's the paradox. I think that's… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
“We live in a world where touch is both desperately needed and heavily stigmatized.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
I guess there are a lot of people out there that think they're supposed to define themselves in isolation, but that's not… — Feist Copy Share Image
Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“our hearts break, and take us out of relationships that are too painful for us” — john j geddes Copy Share Image
The Lord is near! You're not alone. You may feel alone. You may think you're alone. But there's never a moment in… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Do you know that, maybe, I shall leave off grieving over the crime and sin of my life? for such a life… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I believe that a country, Russia in this case, which can defend the honour and dignity of its citizens, protect their lives,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“And my inability to share this anger with anybody in the lobby aroused in me a profound sense of isolation." - Toru… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“A major determining factor by which a superior human can be isolated from his average counterparts is his very isolation—the degree to… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
There are so many things that are incompatible with a single life. No one can learn fully in one life the lessons… — J. M. E. McTaggart Copy Share Image
Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
If you are a writer, or want to be a writer, this is how you spend your days--listening, observing, storing things away,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It is not the state of war that isolates. It is well known, it brings people together. But in the battlefield --… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Isolating mechanisms are biological properties of individuals that prevent the interbreeding of populations that are actually or potentially sympatric. — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
“Vacation time is the best time to do solitude because you could just take two weeks of it or one week of… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
We live in a global village. No country can live in isolation of others like Robinson Crusoe. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
I feel connected to every other creative element because I have a creative soul. My isolation is not through the work it's… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image