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Intellectual Loneliness
A crowded world thinks that aloneness is always loneliness and that to seek it is perversion. —JOHN GRAVES
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
At the heart of loneliness is the absence of meaningful social interaction
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness
Harris is concerned that new technologies help create a culture that undermines time alone with your thoughts, noting that “it matters enormously when that resource is under attack.”18 His survey of the relevant literature then points to three crucial benefits provided by solitude: “new ideas; an understanding of the self; and closeness to others.”
Cal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
But the legacy of Romanticism has been an epidemic of loneliness, as we are repeatedly brought up against the truth: the radical inability of any one other person to wholly grasp who we truly are. Yet there remains, besides the promises of love and religion, one other – and more solid – resource with which to address our loneliness: culture.
Alain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
Solitude is desirable for the freedom it gives you. Distanced from social demands, you can simply follow the wishes of your heart. It’s like an extensive, eyes-open meditation.
David Perell • The Microwave Economy
The theologian and philosopher Paul Tillich put it like this in his classic book The Eternal Now: “Solitude expresses the glory of being alone, whereas loneliness expresses the pain of feeling alone.”[9]