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.
Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives.
It's not the one thing nor the other that leads to madness, but the space in between.
The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.
Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses.
There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another; to dress and to undress, to eat and to sleep, are the same in London as in the country.
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