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“We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.”

Humans Wells Human Beings Function Isolation

Author:Robert Zemeckis

“Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with others, are refuges from what man most dreads: isolation.”

Ifs Men Wells Individual Belief Absurd Isolation Nationalism Customs Dread Refuge Degrading

Book:Escape from Freedom

Source: Escape from Freedom

“One of the booby traps of freedom - which is bordered on all sides by isolation - is that we think so well of ourselves. I now see that I have helped myself to the best cuts at life's banquet.”

Thinking Wells Sides Freedom Cutting Isolation Traps Banquets

Book:There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction

Source: There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction

“It seems that the ancient Medicine Men understood that listening to another's story somehow gives us the strength of example to carry on, as well as showing us aspects of ourselves we can't easily see. For listening to the stories of others - not to their precautions or personal commandments - is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.”

Ifs Men Giving Wells Kind Enough Stories Seems Remember Names Water Common Break Example Listening Understood Aspect Medicine Ancient Isolation Commandments Fever Precaution

Author:Mark Nepo

“One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”