Man’s happiness today consists in ‘having fun.’ Having fun lies in the satisfaction of consuming and ‘taking in’ commodities, sights, food, drinks, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies – all are consumed, swallowed. The world is one great object for our appetite, a big apple, a big bottle, a big breast; we are the sucklers, the […]
Alone Quotes
For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return.
Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?
Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company.
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
You need a mess of help to stand alone.
There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone.
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
