It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. – George Washington
Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. – Paul Tillich
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. – Mother Teresa
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. – Paul Tournier
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? – George Eliot
At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self. – Brendan Francis Behan
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
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. – Jim Rohn
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. – Mason Cooley
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. – Henry David Thoreau
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. – Albert Schweitzer
We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone. – Orson Welles
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. – George Eliot
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
Those we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear. – Anonymous
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. – Albert Einstein
If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? – Judy Garland
If you’re feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can. – Martha Beck
The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. – Doug Coupland
If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with. – Wayne Dyer
If you tell the truth about how you’re feeling, it becomes funny. – Larry David
It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. – Paul Theroux
If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right. – Jules Renard
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank
Silence is a source of great strength. – Lao Tzu
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. – Helen Keller
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Every wall is a door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain
