“Many Survivors blame themselves for the abuse and continue to feel responsible and guilty for anything bad that happens to them or… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
[Kierkegaard] did not care for large public events because every crowd is in itself an untruth. The only way out is isolation,… — Mati Unt Copy Share Image
“There is a certain depth of illness that is piercing in its isolation: the only rule of existence is uncertainty, and the… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
There were times after the accident when I felt very lonely - burns survivors can feel terrible isolation. I wanted to create… — Katie Piper Copy Share Image
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Had it taken her this long to discover that she lacked some simple mental trick that everyone else had, a mechanism so… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
He stretched out his hands as he sang, sadly, because all beauty is sad…The poem had done no ‘good’ to anyone, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She felt a stealing sense of fatigue as she walked; the sparkle had died out of her, and the taste of life… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Man is a gregarious animal. He's not supposed to live in isolation. He should actually live in a community, but a community… — Ralph Borsodi Copy Share Image
A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
“Biographer diagnoses reaction to restriction as a tell of true character. Some use even prison as a time of reflection and planning.… — William Raymond Manchester Copy Share Image
The wonder of an artist's performance grows with the range of his penetration, with the instinctive sympathy that makes him, in his… — George Santayana 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
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Art and literature have given so many people the relief of feeling connected - pulled us out of isolation. It has let… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of 9/11, people had not a good time, but a deep, profound, rousing time, woke up from their ennui… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“When you want to fully isolate yourself from the madnesses of the people, find a wooden cottage in the middle of nowhere… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Maybe the desert wisdom of the Dakotas can teach us to love anyway, to love what is dying, in the face of… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
A married person does not live in isolation. He or she has made a promise, a pledge, a vow, to another person.… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
We call it a Society; and go about professing openly the totalest separation, isolation. Our life is not a mutual helpfulness; but… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
In television, there's this weird sense of isolation from your audience; you kind of get this feeling that you write the show… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at,… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
“Loneliness makes us more capable of true intimacy if ever better opportunities do come along. We might be isolated for now, but… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When he wakes sometimes from dark dreams of broken cradles, and compasses without bearings, he pushes the unease down, lets the daylight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Through all this ordeal his root horror had been isolation, and there are no words to express the abyss between isolation and… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And even the isolation was beginning to seem kind of cool—the shadow our car made was the only thing on the road.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Mostly, isolation allows me to go through a period where I really concentrate and get in a flow. Sometimes the whole process… — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
The idea of the mystic solo, meditating away on his own, is only one path of yoga. Very early on, I chose… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at… — Lawrence English Copy Share Image
Faith by its very nature must be tried, and the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Our obsession with each other was like the isolation that comes with great pain; it was like extreme sadness. Without our children… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Technology can help us connect to people and viewpoints we'd never otherwise experience: using it as a way of avoiding awkward but… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The way I felt growing up, which was like an outcast - I was weird, I was a nerd, I read fantasy… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
I said it's a cold universe and I don't mean that metaphorically. If you go out into space, it's cold. It's really… — David Chase Copy Share Image