Loneliness Quote by Eric Hoffer

Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've…

— Marc Ian Barasch

“There are two different ways of being a person. One of these precedes the change of heart, and the other follows it. The first…

— C. Terry Warner

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves…

— Eric Hoffer

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

— Fay Weldon

“The truly solitary being is not the man who is abandoned by men, but the man who suffers in their midst, who drags his…

— Emil Cioran

“We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude harasses, pains, stupefies, like…

— Guy de Maupassant

So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just…

— Peter J. Carroll

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of…

— Rebecca Solnit

At the core of my work there is this eternal back-and-forth between being confined to one's own individuality and that longing to be part…

— Beat Streuli

The ability to reflect is associated with critical thinking and reasoning ability. And the capacity to be alone is one of the highest levels…

— Laurie Helgoe

“There are people whose eyes you must avoid, whose attention you must not draw to yourself. They are strange, parasitic creatures, lost souls seeking…

— John Connolly

At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.

— Pope Francis