Quotes about Isolation

I am for the artist, who is more alone than he looks. I am not for the reformer, who is always active but usually has nothing to give. The real thing that you do is a lonely thing. And remember the paradox that you become more social in order that you may become more of an individual.

The spirit of dialectical fearlessness is not so easily acquired; and the sense of isolation which remains despite the conviction of right, the sadness of the parting from admired and trustworthy [or trusted?] authorities, is the line of demarcation which marks the threshold of its acquirement.

An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.

Marriage will not solve "aloneness."

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars—on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.

It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

It's no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,' she muttered.

What have those lonely mountains worth revealing? More glory and more grief than I can tell: