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

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

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.

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

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

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

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