“The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.” ThinkingEndsAgeTimeLonelinessAgingFinalsGenuineBeing AloneFeeling LonelyBeing LonelyFinal Destination Author:Edward Gibbon
“My intention has been to encourage viewers to face their prejudices about prostitution, sex and aging while reflecting on the complex and varied forms that love and loneliness can take.” Has BeensFacesFormSexLonelinessPrejudiceAgingIntentionComplexesViewersReflectingProstitution Author:Maya Goded
“Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.” ConditionsLonelinessKeysAgingConnectedIsolationRapidsNew RelationshipIsolation And Loneliness Author:Deepak Chopra
“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” CreativityLonelinessSeriousSolitudeAgingBeing AloneSerious Work Author:Pablo Picasso
“About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number of days, the wind increasing to a gale. The waves rose high, but I had a good ship. Still, in the dismal fog I felt myself drifting into loneliness, an insect on the straw in the midst of the elements.” StillsFeltNumbersLonelinessWindElementsAgingRoseWaveShipsMidstMidnightFogInsectsDriftingStrawsGale Book:The Voyages of Joshua Slocum Source: The Voyages of Joshua Slocum
“From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America. From the entrenchment of special privileges in tax favoritism; from the waste of idle lands to the joy of useful labor; from the prejudice based on race and sex; from the loneliness of the aging poor and the despair of the neglected sick - come home, America.” WarHomeAmericaJoyNationsSexPoorRaceLandSpecialMilitaryLonelinessColdTaxesDespairWasteLaborSickPrejudiceAgingPrivilegeSpendingDeceptionComing HomeIdleCold WarSecrecyNeglectedHigh PlacesFavoritismMilitary Spending Book:The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition Source: The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition
“Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so dependent on social approval. You can be a little more eccentric. You can be more alone. And you can examine loneliness and boredom instead of being afraid of them. There is such an art and a possibility of aging.” LittlesArtBeautifulSocialChanceStageLonelinessPossibilityAgingBoredomDependentApprovalEccentricBeing Afraid Author:Ram Dass
“[The Gaze of an Invisible Stranger] In western Europe and north America In the cities of cruelty, racism, freedom & democracy, Cities of exile and alienation, You see many young people Who’d rather die than greet a stranger, You observe how they master the art of ignoring And not acknowledging the humanity of anyone Who is not their height and weight Whose features, skin color, and eyes are different than theirs… In return, you observe cities filled with older people Who delight at a nod or greeting from any stranger Who are hungry for the slightest kind human touch From any by passerby… Making you, the Invisible Stranger, wonder: Did these same elderly folks raise the young ones? Are they merely inheriting a world of their creation? Do the young ones realize The isolation, loneliness, and desolation awaiting them tomorrow? [Original poem published in Arabic on January 3, 2023, at ahewar.org]” HumanityCommunityCompassionLonelinessRacismAgingExclusionOlder PeopleArabic PoetryAgism Author:Louis Yako