Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. Although, in daily life, we do not always distinguish these words, we should do so consistently and thus deepen our understanding of our human predicament.
Paul TillichAbout author
- Author's profession: Theologian
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: August 20, 1886
- Died: October 22, 1965
Related Authors
Topics
Quotes currently Trending
![Bud Abbott quote: "That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today...."](/pic/196/600x316/quotation-bud-abbott-thats-why-so-many-stars-are-making-pictures-in.jpg)
![Roger Angell quote: "The great thing about catchers is that they do a lot of..."](/pic/6091/600x316/quotation-roger-angell-the-great-thing-about-catchers-is-that-they-do-a.jpg)
![David Herbert Lawrence quote: "Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the..."](/pic/76679/600x316/quotation-david-herbert-lawrence-since-obscenity-is-the-truth-of-our.jpg)
But Moominpappa wasn't listening, because just at that moment he had got the right grip on a big round boulder, and with a great thud it rolled down the slope. It made two very clear sparks and left a faint but enchanting smell of gunpowder behind. Now it was lying at the bottom, just where it should lie. It was wonderful to roll stones, first pushing with all one's might, then feeling them beginning to move just a little at first -- then a little more -- and then giving way and rolling into...
Tove Jansson
![Ben Bernanke quote: "Developments in financial markets can have broad economic..."](/pic/36921/600x316/quotation-ben-bernanke-developments-in-financial-markets-can-have-broad.jpg)
Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe he's heard of America, and he dreams of living in this land of freedom and opportunity! Someday, I'd like to meet that little boy...and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!!Calvin's Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid lima beans.
Bill Watterson
![Chief Joseph quote: "Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right..."](/pic/35640/600x316/quotation-chief-joseph-lawyer-acted-without-authority-from-our-band-he.jpg)
When you stir your rice pudding, Septimus, the spoonful of jam spreads itself round making red trails like the picture of a meteor in my astronomical atlas. But if you stir backwards, the jam will not come together again. Indeed, the pudding does not notice and continues to turn pink just as before. Do you think this is odd?
Tom Stoppard