If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.
capacity, feeling lonely, alone, feeling
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.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
sign of salute, meeting, alone
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
misfortunes spring, being alone
