Alienation Quote by Eugenio Montale

“Nothing is therefore more dangerous than solitude. Our imagination, forced by its very nature to unfold, nourished by the fantastic visions of poetry, gives…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“the greatest danger which today’s humanity need fear is not a catastrophe which comes from out there somewhere, a stellar catastrophe, neither is it…

— Luigi Giussani

Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For we are so constituted by nature, that we are ever prone to compare ourselves with others; and our happiness or misery depends very…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For solitude confers a twofold advantage on the intellectually superior person; first of all, being on his own, and the second, not being with…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves

— Samuel Johnson

Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

— Jules Verne

“The paradigm experience of solitude is a state characterized by disengagement from the immediate demands of other people – a state of reduced social…

— Bella DePaulo

On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing is solitude

— William Wordsworth

Everyone has their moments of solitude, difficulties, and vulnerability.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

“Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.”

— Wade Davis

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad.

— Samuel Johnson