God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
God is absence. God is the solitude of man.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.
Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.
When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.