Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. Karl Barth confidencegodgrind Change image and share on social
I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed. Jeanette Winterson bookcatcook Change image and share on social
It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together. Maurice Gibb hardjamsong Change image and share on social
Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. My liberal blood boils, for example, when I read that half of the personal bankruptcies in this country are brought on, in part, by medical expenses. Thomas Frank bankruptcybloodboil share on social
We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. Henry David Thoreau abroadchamberlonely Change image and share on social
If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account. V. S. Naipaul accountnarrativesit Change image and share on social
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not. Tim O'Reilly battlebritainchurchill share on social
Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no matter what culture you're in, no matter where you are on Earth or in history. Bill Viola artistbasiccharacter Change image and share on social
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Taylor Caldwell christmasmessagepast Change image and share on social
As far as influences, I listen to a lot of people like Nina Simone and other androgynous voices, almost to make me feel like I'm not alone. Shamir androgynousfeelinfluence Change image and share on social
