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Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candl

Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death — ourselves. – Eda LeShan

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I see nothing for you on this earth but that field which I once christened Briars; go out upon that, build yourself a hut, and there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive. I see no alternative, no other hope for you. – William Ellery Channing

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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn

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