Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

I want to be around people, not crickets.

Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle, Yet with itself every soul standeth single.

There are hermit souls that live withdrawn In the place of their self-content; There are souls like stars that dwell apart, In a fellowless firmament; There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths Where highways never ran,-- But let me live by the side of the road, And be a friend to man.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself. Even if it's people you love.

I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.

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.

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

It takes effort to not be lonely.

While loneliness has the potential to kill, connection has even more potential to heal.

When people are with me, who can say I am alone.