All humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternal aloneness.
Interpretation
Solitude can be daunting, yet it provides an opportunity for self-discovery and understanding.
This quote highlights the common fear humans have of being alone, suggesting that solitude is not merely something to be avoided but rather a crucial state for introspection and personal growth. In moments of solitude, individuals can confront their true selves and engage in a deeper understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and existence, thereby learning to navigate their inherent aloneness in life.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the importance of self-reflection.
Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.
We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?
I've seen lawyers who don't represent me and spokespeople who do not know me speaking for me. These characters always seem to surface with dreadful allegations just as another project, an album, a video is being released.
In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class.
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