Being alone Quote by Paul Tillich

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

— Paul Tillich

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone.…

— Paul Tillich

“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being…

— Paul Tillich

“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being…

— Paul Tillich

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

— Paul Tillich

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

— Richard J. Foster

Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone.

— David Steindl-Rast

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— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.”

— Neel Burton

“I love this constant motion between ' Solitude' and ' Loneliness '. On one end it's the desire and achievement of being alone (…

— Anubhav Mishra

“alone, lonely, and loneliness are three of the most powerful words in the English language... Those words say that we are human; they are…

— Donald Miller

Words are loneliness.

— Henry Miller