Loneliness Quotes

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in… — Russell Baker
It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come… — Bruce Barton
Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. — Martha Beck
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry… — Henry Ward Beecher
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between… — Hilaire Belloc
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness. — Georges Bernanos
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from… — Buffalo Bill
A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support,… — Elizabeth Blackwell
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. — Elizabeth Bowen
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty… — Benjamin Britten
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. — Jean de la Bruyere
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His… — Pearl S. Buck
What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. — Ellen Burstyn
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't… — Leo Buscaglia
Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone. — Lord Byron
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness. — Naomi Campbell
Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. — Thomas Carlyle
You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living… — Emily Carr

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