Be good and you will be lonesome.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.

No man is born unto himself alone; who lives unto himself, he lives to none.

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.

It cannot be your duty to do anything that is beyond your reach or your strength at the moment. It cannot be your duty to do anything that sacrifices your own integrity or your own spiritual development.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.