The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness.

- Norman Cousins

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

- Mother Teresa

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

- Michel de Montaigne

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

- Mark Twain

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

- Henry Rollins

The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness.

- Norman Cousins

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.

- Thomas Wolfe

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

- May Sarton

The cure for loneliness is solitude.

- Marianne Moore

People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.

- Kim Culbertson

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

- John Milton

The greatest pain that comes from love is loving someone you can never have.

- Unknown

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

- Dag Hammarskjöld

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

- Douglas Coupland

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

- Honoré de Balzac

A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.

- Mandy Hale

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

- Paul Tillich

Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

- Guillermo Maldonado

It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.

- Mahatma Gandhi

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

- Albert Schweitzer

Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space.

- Janet Fitch

The loneliness you feel is actually an opportunity to reconnect with others and yourself.

- Maxime Lagacé

Sometimes you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy your free time being yourself.

- Unknown

I think it’s good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are.

- Amy Sedaris

Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.

- Nikki Rowe