Jesse Ball Quotes

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.

I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better.

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

I really only have a few friends.

I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.

I'd like to get back to my family and friends - believe it or not, I do have some real friends.

I don't need friends.

I've always been someone who needs someone with them to poke and annoy. I'm useless at being by myself.

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

I've got a really tight group of friends from university and school who help me forget what I do and keep me grounded.

I am not a lonely person. I am happily married and not looking for companions on social media.

I think you have to feel your best by yourself. I do think it's important to have a solid friend that you can turn to, though - one that you can vent to.

I have a great support system.

When you feel low and down, you don't know whom to talk to and go out with.

I know, for me, when I was depressed, I didn't want to talk to my friends at all when I was depressed. If they tried to help me, I would kind of back away from them.

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

If your smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time.

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 think the No. 1 thing that helps me get through every single day is the support of my friends and my family.