Alienation Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old alienation quotes, alienation sayings, and alienation proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

We are imprisoned in life in the company of persons powerfully unlike us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings. R. D. Laing
Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences. Mal Peet
The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society. Karl Marx
This whole theory of alienation that intellectuals have been passing on, really is just to stop a lot of ham acting. If you fill something with a proper emotion, it didn't worry him at all. John Hurt
Not knowing where your food comes from is a primary form of alienation. Allen Lacy
There is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes. John Le Carre
Modern humanity's sense of alienation lies in the fact that we have cut ourselves adrift from both the natural world and from the roots of our past. Philip Carr-Gomm
Mankind's self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order. Jerry Mander
We are born into a world where alienation awaits us. We are potentially men, but are in an alienated state, and this state is not simply a natural system. Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings. R. D. Laing
To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness, and he clings to it with shameless despair. Eric Hoffer
It is really an alienation to believe that learning is the result of teaching. Ivan Illich
All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation is false. All is one. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
It's such a profound alienation for a person not to be at home in their own body. Marilyn Wann
There is no alienation that a little power will not cure. Eric Hoffer
When we bury our feelings, we also bury ourselves. It means we exist in a state of alienation. We rarely know it, but we are lonely for ourselves. Nathaniel Branden
We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore. Alan Ball
Without alienation, there can be no politics. Arthur Miller
Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries. Jenny Holzer
Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do. Judd Nelson
To ward off alienation and gloom, it is only necessary to remember the unremembered heroes of the past, and to look around us for the unnoticed heroes of the present. Howard Zinn
Alienation and loneliness plant the seeds for rebellion and consciousness. B. W. Powe
Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self. Maxwell Maltz
Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist. Mike Birbiglia
Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society. Martin Luther King Jr.