Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Nothing is quite as bad as being without privacy and lonely at the same time. — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big… — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
“Loneliness was the price of the quest. I don't belong to the people who cannot live alone” — Mies Van Der Rohe Copy Share Image
There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you. — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
“Whenever you make up your mind to go into solitude, you must decide first of all what you want to go and… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
All humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our… — Han Suyin Copy Share Image
“To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.” — Robert H. Baker Copy Share Image
“Thinking, Garraty thought. That’s the day’s business. Thinking. Thinking and isolation, because it doesn’t matter if you pass the time of day… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It feels as if being alone is the hardest thing to go threw, its not, if we spent more time being happy… — Xavier Zayas Copy Share Image
He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood. It can make people lose their grasp… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a moment of solitude is just a faded sorrow. You remember fringes of it, but forgot most of it. Moved on… — Crestless Wave Copy Share Image
The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
When you meditate let your soul wander and seek out the peace and harmony for when you awaken form your slumber…Your eyes… — George Trujillo Copy Share Image
Stephen Blackpool fall into the loneliest of lives, the life of solitude among a familiar crowd. The stranger in the land who… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sitting on the porch alone, listening to them fixing supper, he felt again the indignation he had felt before, the sense of… — James Jones Copy Share Image
“You know (to adopt the easy or conversational style) that you and I belong to a happy minority. We are the sons… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“loneliness is an old friend standing beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
