Top 1200 Lonely And Alone Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

My desk faces the water, and I'm perfectly happy sitting there. I'm never lonely.

Something sinister in the tone Told me my secret must be known: Word I was in the house alone Somehow must have gotten abroad, Word I was in my life alone, Word I had no one left but God.

I go to sleep alone, and wake up alone. I take walks. I work until I'm tired. I watch the wind play with the trash that's been under the snow all winter. Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by abscence?

There are few places more lonely than a crowded night club.

Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled.

Oh, I am a lonely painter / I live in a box of paints.

No one in the modern world is more lonely than the writer with a literary conscience.

Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress. It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition, whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.

He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Everybody's having fun, except me I'm the lonely one I live in shame.

I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries.

From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building.

I'm not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what's on my bedside table rather than what's in my bed.

Whoever reflects recognizes that there are empty and lonely spaces between one’s experiences.

We [tend to] have more faith in what we imitate than in what we originate. We [often feel that we] cannot derive a sense of absolute certitude from anything which has its root in us. The most poignant sense of insecurity comes from standing alone; we are not alone when we imitate.

I fear you may become a lonely man, even in the company of others.

I feel the madness creeping slowly. Loved by many I'm still lonely.

I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago.

It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a thing, or within itself, which is more powerful than the surroundings.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.

How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.

Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the Truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to star. To the ignorant, the wise man is lonely because he abides in distant heights of the mind. But the wise man himself does not feel lonely. Wisdom brings him nearer to life; closer to the heart of the world than the foolish man can ever be. Bookishness may lead to loneliness, and scholarship may end in a battle of beliefs, but the wise man gazing off into space sees not an emptiness, but a space full of life, truth, and law.

People who were born alone are defined by feelings like "Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book..." and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.

One thing about being narrow-minded: you'll never be lonely.

A lifetime of lonely regret or happiness with some pain along the way.

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.

Persons are not known by intellect alone, not by principles alone, but only by love. It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who he is, and who we are. It is only this realization that can open to us the real nature of our duty, and of right action.

I think people come to my music just to feel less lonely.

People don't talk to each other. You're alone with your television set or internet. But you can't have a functioning democracy without what sociologists call "secondary organizations," places where people can get together, plan, talk and develop ideas. You don't do it alone.

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

I am no more lonely than the loon on the pond that laughs so loud.

My only relief is to sleep. When I'm sleeping, I'm not sad, I'm not angry, I'm not lonely, I'm nothing.

Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.

I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that.

It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.

My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.

I don't want people to be lonely. I would like them to find partners.

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

It's a hard, lonely feeling, to be completely yourself in front of strangers.

I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.' This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that being alone is a very beautiful thing. Nobody is obstructing our vision. We have complete panoramic vision.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside

That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely.

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

The Christian religion alone contemplates the conjugal union in the order of nature; it is the only religion which presents woman to man as a companion; every other abandons her to him as a slave. To religion alone do European women owe their liberty.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Roy Orbison is singing for the lonely, hey, that's me and I want you only.

Stand-up's hard. It's one of the hardest things in the world, and it's really lonely.

A world that was crowded with people could still be a very lonely place.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

If I only dated actresses, Id be a very lonely man.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?

I think I was a pretty anxious dreamer, maybe a fundamentally lonely kid.

You're terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.

Once, I had a dream of fame. Generally, even then, I was lonely.