Paul Brunton Quotes

The strong man is strongest when alone.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

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

A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.

Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to be unfit to be his companions; it is very uncivil, nay, insulting; Society will retaliate.

It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.

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.

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

Solitude is un-American.

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

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

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

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

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

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

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

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

I've lived so deep under masks, my interior was built to satisfy me alone - I have lived almost 60 years alone, mentally, and quite content to have it so.