I think that when you follow Christ, one of the things that happens when you start listening to His voice is that you really are alone.
It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.
Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.
Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every day, year after year, alone.
Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.
Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.
El hombre que sabe debe desempeñar una función. El que no sabe, no puede atribuirse una a sí mismo; sólo puede tratar de hacerlo.
I felt as though I were snorting cocaine, or rappelling down a cliffside, or cliffsurfing off a cliff of pure cocaine.
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
Suicide is not a blot on anyone’s name; it is a tragedy
You create your own reality.
Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.
It's a long life, sweetheart, and time heals all wounds.
Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.
Grief doesn't have a face.
Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles.
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
