SOLIDAO, LONELINESS. What is it that we call loneliness. It can't simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and you can be among people and yet be lonely. So what is it? ... it isn't only that others are there, that they fill up the space next to us. But even when they celebrate us or give advice in a friendly conversation, clever, sensitive advice: even then we can be lonely. So loneliness is not something simply connected with the presence of others or with what they do. Then what? What on earth?
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BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And ... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN If only we can agree that us mortal human beings only have relevance when there are opposing forces ... LENNOX D.LAMPKIN Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing. FRED ROGERS Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit... GERMANY KENT The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they c... ANNE FRANK It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insul... VLADIMIR POTANIN Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always ... GERTRUDE STEIN 29. Most loneliness results from insulation rather than isolation. In other words, we are lonely bec... JAMES C. DOBSON When we lose certain people, or when we are dispossessed from a place, or a community, we may simply... JUDITH BUTLER Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires ... HENRI J.M. NOUWEN El, you are telling me to run away with a man to become his mistress." "I am telling you ... JENNIFER ASHLEY Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don'... ECKHART TOLLE It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... 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What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others. HENRY MILLER Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others. UNKNOWN Dedication is not what others expect of you; it is what you can give to others. UNKNOWN The words I'm singing now
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