Octavio Paz Quotes About Solitude

Quotes about: Solitude

• Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

  Octavio Paz

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Men

  The Labyrinth of Solitude ch. 9 (1950) (translation by Lysander Kemp)

• Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature - if that word can be used in reference to man, who has ‘invented’ himself by saying ‘no’ to nature - consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.

  Octavio Paz

  Men, Solitude, Saying No

  The Labyrinth of Solitude ch. 9 (1950) (translation by Lysander Kemp)

• Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one who is searching for the Other.

  Octavio Paz

  Lying, Adventure, Men

• Solitude is the profoundest fact

  Octavio Paz

  Solitude, Facts

  The Labyrinth of Solitude ch. 9 (1950) (translation by Lysander Kemp)

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