Markus

“In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.”
― Jean Paul Sartre

“None but the lonely heart
understands my sorrows.
Alone and torn
from all joy,
I gaze into the firmament,
into the distant space.

The one who loves me, who knows me,
is nowhere near.
I am dizzy and
my insides are aflame.
None but the lonely heart
knows how I suffer.”
― Goethe

“When you look for a long time into the deep sky, without taking your eyes away, your thoughts and soul merge for some reason in an awareness of loneliness. You begin to feel yourself irremediably alone, and all that you once considered close and dear becomes infinitely distant and devoid of value.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Complete Short Novels

“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero