When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. Gertrude Stein beinghuman Change image and share on social
True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. Theodor Adorno thoughttrueunderstand Change image and share on social
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. Rene Descartes acquisitiondeductionintuition Change image and share on social
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad conventionalhugillusion Change image and share on social
A challenge to the right of Israel to exist can be construed as a challenge to the existence of the Jewish people only if one believes that Israel alone keeps the Jewish people alive or that all Jews invest their sense of perpetuity in the state of Israel in its current or traditional forms. Judith Butler alivebelievechallenge share on social
My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college. Philip Zimbardo bronxchildhoodcollege share on social
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. Sophocles baddaydiscern Change image and share on social
It's our government; just leave us alone and... let the free market create the jobs. Stephen Fincher createfreegovernment Change image and share on social
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight. Roy Orbison feellonelytonight Change image and share on social
The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program. Paul Davies chemistrycomplexcomputer share on social