Baltasar Gracian Quotes

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.

My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.

If we don't know how to be alone, we'll only know how to be lonely.

Alone I'm nothing.

My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

Solitude is un-American.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Solitude is independence.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

As much I can stay away from people, I remain happy.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

I'm very happy alone.

I've spent so much of my life travelling alone, so I keep things to myself.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.