Isolation Quotes

423 quotes by 362 authors

He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of it's frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him fast… — Edith Wharton
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: - (1)… — Milan Kundera
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about;… — Alfred Korzybski
Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being misunderstood,… — Dan Brown
Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at lifeâ€™s shut gate. Beyond… — Helen Keller
Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty,… — Albert Einstein
Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would find… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Isolation offered its own form of companionship — Jhumpa Lahiri
Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come out… — Jeanne Marie Laskas
And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily… — Reg Butler
And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a… — Paul Gauguin
The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is… — Peter Schjeldahl
Consumers do not view communications in isolation. They bring with them all their past brand experiences and associations. — Josh Hunt
In any age courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to traverse the rocky road from infancy to maturity of personality. But… — Rollo May
The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people… — Pearl S. Buck
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general… — George Orwell
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and… — Kristen Schaal
Only in Relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are… — Victor Hugo

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