Loneliness Quotes - Page 28

• The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Self, Bucks, Exile

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.67, Basic Books

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• The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

  Aldous Huxley

  Lonely, Powerful, Being Alone

  Aldous Huxley (1957). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley”

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• One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Single, Travel, Memorable

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.162

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• People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Emotional, People, Together

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• Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Emotional, Elderly, Suffering

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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

  Lonely, Being Alone, Men

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• The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Essence, Transcendentalism

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• The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.

  Jessica Lange

  Home, Up North, Water

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• The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Lonely, Sea, Alive

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1973). “Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead”

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• Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

  Brennan Manning

  Journey, Evil, Forever

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• While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

  Josh McDowell

  Pain, Perfect, Promise

  Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell (2010). “Evidence for the Resurrection: What It Means for Your Relationship with God”, p.69, Baker Books

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• It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Life, Sexy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

  Ashley Montagu

  Country, Together, Television

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• The loneliness is when you pick up and move, even if you are not originally from that place, and you have some memories that you want to embrace. Having a life in transit, I feel like you are always looking out the back window.

  Ajay Naidu

  Memories, Moving, Want

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• There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold.

  Ajay Naidu

  Europe, Sky, America

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• Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

  Anna Neagle

  Solitude, Being Lonely, Pleasant

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• Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

  Mehmet Oz

  Ocean, Fall, Humanity

  "Q&A with Mehmet Oz: Don’t Let the Finance Crisis Become a Health Crisis". Interview with Anthony Tjan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

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• All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, Peace, Hipster

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• One of the things that people complain about is loneliness, disconnectedness. If you live in a society where your life is rarely threatened and most of your relationships are more on an economic exchange basis, then this could leave people feeling less connected.

  Steven Pinker

  People, Feelings, Complaining

  "Steven Pinker: the mind reader". www.theguardian.com. November 5, 1999.

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• Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

  Robert M. Pirsig

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• If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Heart, World, Isolation

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• As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio.

  Jason Schwartzman

  Lonely, Cities, Listening

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road.

  Vin Scully

  Baseball, Hate, Games

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• In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.

  Rob Sheffield

  Song, Boys, Order

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• I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.

  Wilbur Smith

  Unrequited Love, Thinking, Poignant

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