Loneliness Quotes

 

Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings

Who speaks alone is always right. ~ Zanzibar Proverbs

 

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. ~ Tennessee Williams

 

Tranquility, allied to loneliness, possessed no charms. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

 

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself. ~ Abraham Ibn Esra

 

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. ~ Eric Hoffer

 

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. ~ Mark Twain Quotes

 

The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others. ~ Cesare Pavese

 

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence. ~ Thomas Wolfe

 

The surest sign of age is loneliness. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

 

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. ~ Thomas Wolfe

 

The surest cure for loneliness, the quickest way to happiness, is found in this, a simple creed: Go serve someone in greater need. ~ William A. Ward

 

The penalty of leadership is loneliness. ~ Wheeler H. Robinson

 

The most evident quality of human life is its loneliness. ~ Austin O’Malley

 

The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness. ~ Norman Cousins

 

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. ~ Eric Hoffer Quotes

 

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. ~ Cyril Connolly

 

Tears do not burn except in solitude. ~ Emil Cioran

 

Strife is better than loneliness. ~ Irish Proverbs

 

Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another. ~ May Sarton

 

One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy. ~ Edward Dahlberg

 

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. ~ Lawrence Durrell

 

Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life. ~ Eugene P’neill

 

Loneliness will sit over our roofs with brooding wings. ~ Bram Stoker

 

Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion. ~ Kobo Abe

 

Loneliness isn’t about being by yourself. That’s fine, right and good, desirable in many ways. Loneliness is about finding a landing-place, or not, and knowing that, whatever you do, you can go back there. The opposite of loneliness isn’t company, it’s return. A place to return. ~ Jeanette Winterson

 

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. ~ May Sarton

 

Loneliness is one of the bugbears of mankind. With some people, it is a constant source of unhappiness. They make plans, sometimes exceedingly complex, to keep it at bay. They think that it lies outside. It really lies within their own consciousness. ~ John Daniel Barry

 

Loneliness is a terrible blindness. ~ Christina Stead

 

Loneliness is a nest for the thoughts. ~ Kurdish Proverbs

 

Loneliness doesn’t have much to do with where you are. ~ Hugh Hefner

 

Loneliness breaks the spirit. ~ Jewish Proverb

 

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa Quotes

 

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. ~ Eric Hoffer

 

In a choice between bad company and loneliness — the second is preferable. ~ Spanish Proverbs

 

If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry. ~ Anton Chekhov

 

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

 

Each way means loneliness — and communion. ~ T. S. Eliot

 

Be good and you will be lonely. ~ Mark Twain Quotes

 

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. ~ Alvin Toffler

  • Be good and you will be lonely. ~ Mark Twain
  • Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole. ~ Vicki Baum
  • I was never less alone than when by myself. ~ Edward Gibbon
  • If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry. ~ Anton Chekhov
  • In a choice between bad company and loneliness — the second is preferable. ~ Spanish Proverb
  • It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is as true of men as of dogs. ~ Eric Hoffer
  • Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. ~ Paul Tillich
  • Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone. ~ Ferdinand E.Marcos
  • Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa
  • Loneliness breaks the spirit. ~ Jewish Proverb
  • Loneliness is a nest for the thoughts. ~ Kurdish Proverb
  • Loneliness is a terrible blindness. ~ Christina Stead
  • Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa
  • Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. ~ May Sarton
  • Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life. ~ Eugene P’neill
  • Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. ~ Lawrence Durrell
  • No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness. ~ Georges Bernanos
  • One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy. ~ Edward Dahlberg
  • People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ~ Joseph Fort Newton
  • Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another. ~ May Sarton
  • Strife is better than loneliness. ~ Irish Proverb
  • The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. ~ Cyril Connolly
  • The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. ~ Eric Hoffer
  • The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness. ~ Norman Cousins
  • The penalty of leadership is loneliness. ~ Wheeler H. Robinson
  • The surest cure for loneliness, the quickest way to happiness, is found in this, a simple creed: Go serve someone in greater need. ~ William A. Ward
  • The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. ~ Thomas Wolfe
  • The surest sign of age is loneliness. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
  • The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. ~ Mark Twain
  • There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. ~ Eric Hoffer
  • There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself. ~ Abraham Ibn Esra
  • We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. ~ James A. Froude
  • You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with. ~ Wayne Dyer
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