Friend Quote by Stephanie Perkins

Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.

— Deepak Chopra

People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel…

— Dalai Lama

I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into connection and…

— Vinessa Shaw

Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.

— Bell Hooks

“Friendship is not a remedy for loneliness. Loneliness is part of our experience, and if we are looking for relief from loneliness in friendship,…

— Rich Mullins

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

— Sharon Salzberg

“beyond the millions of discarded and abandoned souls, we encounter millions of others who live their lives in terrible isolation and loneliness.”

— David Timms

And yet, these insights of connectedness and oneness, which make us feel so at home in the world, are so difficult to hold onto.…

— Irwin Kula

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to…

— Jessica Lange

“Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, and loneliness. You will see that the world is not on your shoulders…

— Dallas Willard

But there are other words for privacy and independence. They are isolation and loneliness.

— Megan Whalen Turner

“For years I had rejected or been rejected by friends, lovers, family, and God. I was alone and afraid. My life had narrowed to…

— Alcoholics Anonymous