Human relations are essentially those of alienated automatons, each basing his security on staying close to the herd, and not being different in thought, feeling or action. While everybody tries to be as close as possible to the rest, everybody remains utterly alone, pervaded by the deep sense of insecurity, anxiety and guilt which always […]
Alone Quotes
That man who lives for self alone – lives for the meanest mortal known.
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 […]
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.
