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If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.
~~ Jean-Paul Sartre ~~ (1905 - 1980)

On the surface this quote seems funny but if you think over it, it is very meaningful.
Many people feel very lonely when they are alone. It’s a sign of weakness, a sign of total dependence on others and a lack of spirit of being independent.

It need not be like that. While it is good to have friends, relatives and whatever, one must also develop one’s will, determination and independence so that when you are alone, you don’t feel lonely. Being alone is actually good as it gives you uniterrupted time to think, brainstorm to get new ideas, read a book or whatever interests or hobbies you might have.

If you frequently feel lonely whenever you are alone then, as Jean-Paul Sartre says, you are definitely in bad company and you need to work on it. No one needs to feel lonely and desperate just because they happen to be alone.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
~~ Jean-Paul Sartre ~~

That’s a great dig at humans. We definitely think we have figured out everything yet we never seem to know how to live!

Hell is other people.
~~ Jean-Paul Sartre ~~

This is a classic. Short and sweet. Funny yet true to the bone! The only problem is that the ‘other people’ think of us as the ‘other people’. If you really think about it, lots of problems occur because of the inability of people to get along with one another. And we all know about school-yard bullies and work-place bullies.

Well, if you were wondering where the hell might be, now you know. And since we are destined to deal with other people so we have to deal with hell whether we like it or not.