Man alone resists the direction of gravitation: he constantly wants to fall—upwards. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Such a man as instinctively feeds on pure ambrosia and leaves alone the indigestible in things. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. ~G.C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free. ~George Berkeley
Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. ~Germaine Greer
There are some things in science which should be brought to light. There are others, doctor, which should be left alone. ~Griffin Jay
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. ~Gustave Flaubert
The day when we will accept the truth, we are born naked and alone and die naked and alone, the world will be at peace. ~Hanan Muzafar
The thing is, you see, that the strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. ~Henrik Ibsen
Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. ~Henry Brooks Adams
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost universal respect. ~Henry David Thoreau
Give me a country where it is the most natural thing in the world for a government that does not understand you to let you alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. ~Henry David Thoreau
It was the pine alone, chiefly the white pine, that had tempted any but the hunter to precede us on this route. ~Henry David Thoreau
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. ~Henry David Thoreau
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off. ~Henry David Thoreau
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside. ~Henry David Thoreau
The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. ~Henry George
An artist is always alone—if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ~Henry Miller
Bachelors alone can travel freely, and without any twinges of their consciences touching desertion of the fire-side. ~Herman Melville
Whats important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises.... The people have always lived on hope alone. ~Hermann Broch
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. ~Herodotus
Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you. ~Hesiod
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us. ~Hubert H Humphrey
Lets go somewhere where we can be alone. Ah, there doesnt seem to be anyone on this couch. ~Irving Brecher
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my countrys fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! ~Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone. ~James Baldwin
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. ~Jean De La Bruyère
To be adult is to be alone. ~Jean Rostand
Women ... Are completely alone, though they were born and bred upon this soil, as if they belonged to another class in creation. ~Jennie June Croly
A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. ~Jeremy Taylor
Testing oneself is best when done alone. ~Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter
Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers. ~Jimmy Sangster
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all. ~Johann Kaspar Lavater
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. ~John Berger
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
My lawn is mine to mow and mine alone. ~John W. Mcewers
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. ~John Webster
The only time a man thinks is when hes alone. ~José Bergamín
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~Joseph Conrad
You can call love to you, directly from the original stream of consciousness, anytime you feel sad or alone, and you will feel embraced. ~Julia Woodman
If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush. ~Karl Kraus
If you fell alone in middle of raging sea other than life jacket no disciplines could save from drowning. ~Kassem Oude
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. ~Käthe Kollwitz
If you find me asleep, leave me alone; dead, wake me up. ~Kim Barney
Being alone is better than being in a company were only five senses are active ~Kudzai Kizito Madangwa
So often, as the septuagenarian reflects on lifes rewards, we hear that, "in the final analysis" of money, power, prestige, and marriage, fathering alone was what "mattered." ~Kyle D Pruett
Word alone in conscience, gift alone in life... ~Lee Mack
A cool mind wins at times of adversaries, at the testing times man can win over by this alone. ~Madhumitha Murali
Such a man as instinctively feeds on pure ambrosia and leaves alone the indigestible in things. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. ~G.C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free. ~George Berkeley
Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. ~Germaine Greer
There are some things in science which should be brought to light. There are others, doctor, which should be left alone. ~Griffin Jay
I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key. ~Gustave Flaubert
The day when we will accept the truth, we are born naked and alone and die naked and alone, the world will be at peace. ~Hanan Muzafar
The thing is, you see, that the strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. ~Henrik Ibsen
Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. ~Henry Brooks Adams
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost universal respect. ~Henry David Thoreau
Give me a country where it is the most natural thing in the world for a government that does not understand you to let you alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. ~Henry David Thoreau
It was the pine alone, chiefly the white pine, that had tempted any but the hunter to precede us on this route. ~Henry David Thoreau
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. ~Henry David Thoreau
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off. ~Henry David Thoreau
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone. ~Henry David Thoreau
What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside. ~Henry David Thoreau
The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. ~Henry George
An artist is always alone—if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ~Henry Miller
Bachelors alone can travel freely, and without any twinges of their consciences touching desertion of the fire-side. ~Herman Melville
Whats important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises.... The people have always lived on hope alone. ~Hermann Broch
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. ~Herodotus
Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you. ~Hesiod
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us. ~Hubert H Humphrey
Lets go somewhere where we can be alone. Ah, there doesnt seem to be anyone on this couch. ~Irving Brecher
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my countrys fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! ~Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone. ~James Baldwin
We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together. ~Jean De La Bruyère
To be adult is to be alone. ~Jean Rostand
Women ... Are completely alone, though they were born and bred upon this soil, as if they belonged to another class in creation. ~Jennie June Croly
A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. ~Jeremy Taylor
Testing oneself is best when done alone. ~Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter
Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers. ~Jimmy Sangster
You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all. ~Johann Kaspar Lavater
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. ~John Berger
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
My lawn is mine to mow and mine alone. ~John W. Mcewers
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. ~John Webster
The only time a man thinks is when hes alone. ~José Bergamín
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~Joseph Conrad
You can call love to you, directly from the original stream of consciousness, anytime you feel sad or alone, and you will feel embraced. ~Julia Woodman
If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush. ~Karl Kraus
If you fell alone in middle of raging sea other than life jacket no disciplines could save from drowning. ~Kassem Oude
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. ~Käthe Kollwitz
If you find me asleep, leave me alone; dead, wake me up. ~Kim Barney
Being alone is better than being in a company were only five senses are active ~Kudzai Kizito Madangwa
So often, as the septuagenarian reflects on lifes rewards, we hear that, "in the final analysis" of money, power, prestige, and marriage, fathering alone was what "mattered." ~Kyle D Pruett
Word alone in conscience, gift alone in life... ~Lee Mack
A cool mind wins at times of adversaries, at the testing times man can win over by this alone. ~Madhumitha Murali