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"Being alone is not the outcome of denial, of self-enclosure. Aloneness is the purgation of all
motives, of all pursuits of desire, of all ends."
Commentaries on Living, Series 1 |
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"There is a difference between isolation and aloneness, between loneliness and being able to
stand by yourself clearly, unconfused, uncontaminated."
This Light in Oneself |
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"Only when you stand entirely alone, without technique, without masters, only then can you
find truth."
Second Talk at Alpino, July 4, 1933 |
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"...the respectable man is the mediocre man because he wants something, he is dependent on
influence for his happiness, on what his neighbor thinks, on what his guru thinks, on what the
Bhagavad-Gita or the Upanishads or the Bible or the Christ says. His mind is never alone.
He never walks alone, but he always walks with a companion, the companion of this ideas.
...Is it possible immediately to bring about that state of mind which is not influenced, which cannot be influenced by its own experience or by the experience of others, a mind which is incorruptible, which is alone? Then only is there a possibility of bringing about a different world, a different culture, a different society in which happiness is possible." The Book of Life, Dec.6th |
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"You try being alone, without any form of distraction, and you will see how quickly you want to
get away from yourself and forget what you are."
Unknown source |
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"Most people are afraid to stand alone; they are afraid to think things out for themselves, afraid
to feel deeply, to explore and discover the whole meaning of life."
On Love and Loneliness, p.100 |
