Quote by Michael Finkel Download Open image ““the true solitary does not seek himself, but loses himself.”” — Michael Finkel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“As this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost - he who accepts it has already begun to… — Jose Gasset Copy Share Image
“We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The true solitary ... will feel that he is himself only when he is alone; when he is in company he will feel that… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
“He met failure as one day he would probably meet death, with cynical resentment and the courage of a solitary.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Someone who seeks nothing but his own fate no longer has any companions, he stands quite alone and has only cold, universal space around… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I am a stranger in this world, and there is a severe solitude and painful lonesomeness in my exile.” — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
“In solitude the solitary man consumes himself, in the crowd the crowd consumes him.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.” — Sreesha Divakaran Copy Share Image
“True solitude is the home of the person, false solitude the refuge of the individualist.” — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“He who does not really feel himself lost, is lost without remission; that is to say, he never finds himself, never comes up against… — José Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is an opportunity to find yourself. In solitude, you are least alone.” — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He has seen the bottomless nonsense of our world and has decided, like most of us, to simply try to tolerate it. He appears… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The first great literary work about solitude, the Tao Te Ching, was written in ancient China, likely in the sixth century B.C., by a… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I think many people have this sense that something about modern society - the screens, the noise, the traffic, the constant busyness - has… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
