Isolation Quotes

423 quotes by 362 authors

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I am greatly pleased with the public, authentic isolation in which we two, you and I, now find ourselves. It is wholly in accord with… — Karl Marx
I'm so glad my window looks east into the sunrising- It's so splendid to see the morning coming up over those long hills and glowing… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
When he wakes sometimes from dark dreams of broken cradles, and compasses without bearings, he pushes the unease down, lets the daylight contradict it. And… — M. L. Stedman
One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold… — Che Guevara
No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene,… — Maria Montessori
Alone, condemned, deserted, as those who are about to die are alone, there was a luxury in it, an isolation full of sublimity; a freedom… — Virginia Woolf
People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's… — Dalai Lama
Poverty is not deprivation, it is isolation. — Malcolm Gladwell
When Christians are caught in sin, they do not need isolation or amputation; they need restoration. The proper thing to do is to help them… — Philip Graham Ryken
People say to us how brave we are, fighting the wilderness, braving the isolation of the Outback. But these are easy opponents, compared with drought.… — Sara Henderson
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction, and certainly not in isolation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Isolation is a way to know ourselves. — Franz Kafka
Often the biggest dreamers get hurt the most. They were pure in their insanity and in their isolation. They were living the dream amongst themselves… — Harmony Korine
We must strike down the insidious lie that a book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. We must strike it down… — John Green
A photograph is what it appears to be. Already far from 'reality' because of its silence, lack of movement, two-dimensional ity and isolation from everything… — Richard Kalvar
A married person does not live in isolation. He or she has made a promise, a pledge, a vow, to another person. Until that vow… — R C Sproul
Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new idea as powerful… — Fred Hoyle
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made… — Earl Blumenauer

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