Famous Quotes

"Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone."

Annie Dillard on Alone

More quotes about Alone

• "It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely."

  Albert Einstein on Alone

• "Alone we can do so little together we can do so much."

  Helen Keller on Alone

• "It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone."

  Marilyn Monroe on Alone

• "Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

  George Washington on Alone

• "I restore myself when I'm alone."

  Marilyn Monroe on Alone

More quotes by Annie Dillard

• "The surest sign of age is loneliness."

• "There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable."

• "It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere."

• "People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all."

• "As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker."