949 private quotes tagged alone

“The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.” — André Gide

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“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.” — Alexander Pope

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“The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.” — William Butler Yeats

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“Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.” — R. Buckminster Fuller

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“Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.” — Sophocles

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“Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.” — Franz Liszt

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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” — Anne Frank

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“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” — Andre Maurois

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“I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” — Yousuf Karsh

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“A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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“When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor

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“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” — Ellen Burstyn

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“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.” — E. O. Wilson

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“The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.” — Doug Coupland

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“I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.” — Henry Rollins

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“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.” — Erma Bombeck

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“Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.” — Robert M. Pirsig

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“When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.” — Conor Oberst

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“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams

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“You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.” — Emily Carr

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“Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.” — Henry Miller

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“Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.” — Kurt Vonnegut

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