What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

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

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

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

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

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

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