Best 235 quotes in «being alone quotes» category

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the store hits on him. A woman buys a book on loneliness and the store clears out.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do.

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.

Any decent society must generate a feeling of community. Community offsets loneliness. It gives people a vitally necessary sense of belonging. Yet today the institutions on which community depends are crumbling in all the techno-societies. The result is a spreading plague of loneliness.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Be good and you will be lonely.

Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish, plan, doubt- to Him...He wants not merely to be on good terms with you, but to be intimate.

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

Breaking with old friends is one of the most painful of the changes in all that piling up of a multitude of small distasteful changes that constitutes growing older.

Art starts alone - and convinces society later.

Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

For eight years I was an inmate in a state asylum for the insane. During those years I passed through such unbearable terror that I deteriorated into a wild, frightened creature intent only on survival. And I survived. I was raped by orderlies, gnawed on by rats and poisoned by tainted food. I was chained in padded cells, strapped into strait-jackets and half-drowned in ice baths. And I survived. The asylum itself was a steel trap, and I was not released from its jaws alive and victorious. I crawled out mutilated, whimpering and terribly alone. But I did survive.

Great minds think alone.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

First meditate, be blissful, then much love will happen of its own accord. Then being with others is beautiful and being alone is also beautiful. Then it is simple, too. You dont depend on others and you dont make others dependent on you.

Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.

I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?

If love is universal, no one can be left out.

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

If you want to be happy, learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn that being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.