In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.