Erich Maria Remarque Quotes

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

May you gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people.

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.

I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

I must study alone, as I am condemned to do every thing alone, I believe, in this life.

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

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us alone. I mean I'm told these days we have to consider ourselves as being in society... but in the end one knows one is alone, that one lives at the heart of a solitude.

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

Loneliness is such an omnipotent and painful threat to many persons that they have little conception of the positive values of solitude and even, at times, are frightened at the prospect of being alone.

I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do. It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem.

When it comes to the important things one is always alone.

Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.

One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions.

Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude.

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.

What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone.