I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
It is very easy to love alone.
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.