With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
Interpretation
Some people seek solitude to avoid facing their own inner selves, perceiving others only as mirrors of their own identity.
This quote reflects the idea that for some individuals, being alone is not merely a desire to distance themselves from others, but rather a means of escaping from their own thoughts and feelings. They rely on the perceptions of others to define their self-worth and identity, and in the absence of those external reflections, they may confront uncomfortable truths about who they are. This suggests a profound connection between solitude, self-awareness, and the dependence on social validation.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-discovery, this quote can emphasize the importance of understanding oneself.
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.
Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something to which we attach the self that is about to be annihilated?
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.
Are people the best judges of their own happiness, or outsiders? In defining happiness, should we think of entire lives or of shorter periods such as moments, days, or years? And to what extent are virtue and happiness linked?
Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.
Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.
Every second that passes is like a door that opens to allow in what has not yet happened, what we call the future, but, to challenge the contradictory nature of what we have just said, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the future is just an immense void, that the future is just the time on which the eternal present feeds.
Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.
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