Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone but for the development of his self.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

If you are lonely when you're alone you are in bad company.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

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

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone let him be where he will.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.