Alone Quotes

These 26 quotes on being alone come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. — Henrik Ibsen
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
Henrik Ibsen
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. — Helen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. — Octavio Paz
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
Octavio Paz
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. — Hafez
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.
Hafez
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. — Louise Erdrich
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning.
Louise Erdrich
They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive. — Swami Vivekananda
They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
Swami Vivekananda
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. — Blaise Pascal
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Blaise Pascal
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. — Yoko Ono
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
Yoko Ono
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. — John Lennon
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
John Lennon
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. — Mother Teresa
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa
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