Quotes About Isolation

There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.

I'm such a nobody.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.

There was a sentence in your letter that struck me, "I wish I were far away from everything, I am the cause of all, and bring only sorrow to everybody, I alone have brought all this misery on myself and others." These words struck me because that same feeling, just the same, not more nor less, is also on my conscience.

So what do you want? Does what happens inside show on the outside? There is such a great fire in one's soul, and yet nobody ever comes to warm themselves there, and passersby see nothing but a little smoke coming from the top of the chimney, and go on their way.

We feel lonely now and then and long for friends and think we should be quite different and happier if we found a friend of whom we might say: "He is the one." But you, too, will begin to learn that there is much self-deception behind this longing; if we yielded too much to it, it would lead us from the road.

I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me; now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety, apparently without cause, or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head.

For me, life may well continue in solitude. I have never perceived those to whom I have been most attached other than as through a glass, darkly.

I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.

AÈ™a stau lucrurile, dar oare ce se petrece înl?untrul nostru se vede È™i din afar?? Un om poart? în suflet un foc imens È™i nimeni nu vine niciodat? s? se înc?lzeasc? la el, iar trec?torii nu desluÈ™esc decât un firicel de fum, sus la gura hornului, È™i-È™i caut? mai departe de drum.

What I am in the eyes of most people — a nonetity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and never will have, in short, the lowest of the low.

Iat? de ce, înainte de toate, sunt îndemnat s? cred c? hot?rârea cea mai bun? pe care aÈ™ putea-o lua, ca È™i cea mai înÈ›eleapt?, este aceea de-a pleca È™i de-a r?mâne la distanÈ›a cuvenit?, s? fiu ca È™i cum n-aÈ™ fi.

Pois às vezes é diabolicamente duro ficar totalmente fora da pintura e do mundo dos pintores e não ver nada dos outros.

é bem verdade que um monte de pintores ficam loucos, é uma vida que leva a ficar muito abstraído, para dizer o mínimo.

oy where did my ear go?

Isto não vai nada bem, estou mais triste e chateado do que poderia dizer e não sei mais onde estou.

Ao chegar aqui eu esperava arranjar apreciadores, mas até agora não me aproximei um só centímetro do coração das pessoas.

It's true I'm sitting here lonely, but whilst I am sitting here in silence, my work perhaps speaks to my friend, and whoever sees it will not suspect me of being heartless.

Mai lasciare estinguere il fuoco della propria anima, ma alimentarlo. E chi continua a custodire la povertà e ad amarla, possiede un grande tesoro e sentirà sempre chiara la voce della propria coscienza; chi ascolta e segue questa voce interiore, che è il maggiore dono di Dio, finirà per trovarvi un amico e non si sentirà mai solo.

During the past few years he has been working at home with us; after my father's death, Anna thought it would be more peaceful for Mother if he stopped living at home, and saw to it that he left us. He took that so badly that from then on he has not been in touch with us, and it is only through Theo that we have news of him.

There was a time when I loved Vincent a lot and he was my best friend but that is over now. It seems to be even worse from his side, for he never loses an opportunity to show me that he despises me and that I revolt him. That makes the situation at home almost unbearable.

Today, Friday, I went there but could not see him. The intern and the attendant told me that after my wife left, he had had a terrible attack; he had a very bad night, and they had to put him in an isolated room. Since he has been locked in this room, he has eaten no food and utterly refused to talk. That is the exact state of your brother at present.

Rappard said to me, "A human being is not a lump of peat, since a human being cannot bear being flung into a loft to be forgotten there." And he pointed out that he considered it a great misfortune for me not to be able to live at home. Do please give that some thought.

When I came here I hoped it would be possible to make some connection with art lovers here, but up to the present I haven't made the least progress in people's affection. And Marseilles? I don't know, but that may very well be nothing but an illusion. In any case I have quite given up gambling much on it. Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for dinner or coffee. And it has been like that from the beginning.