In his lonely solitude, the solitary man feeds upon himself; in the thronging multitude, the many feed upon him. Now choose. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Solitude helps you to convert your time into the clarity of purpose.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“If we seek solitary retreat, you will be more often refreshed.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
But solitude is sadness.' 'Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering. — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
“..Holidays far apart from each other, going short of things, hours of cold and solitude? Fears? Does money cut distances short, bring… — Grégoire Delacourt Copy Share Image
The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals and Speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence and there is no psychic… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he felt his loneliness. But these moments of solitude and loneliness gave meaning to his existence. He would keep drifting from… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom -such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but finding other cemeteries limited as to… — thaddeus stevens Copy Share Image
It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Feeling alone is what most likely sparked this way of thinking. Realizing that everyone (consciously or subconsciously) feels alone too - but… — Adam Rodriguez Copy Share Image
And to think, there are still places in the world where man has not been, where he has left no footprints, where… — Evan Tanner Copy Share Image
Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“After six years of solitude, sharing a meal and conversation with someone was a pleasure. More than a pleasure, her hospitality and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“As soon as we are alone,...inner chaos opens up in us. This chaos can be so disturbing and so confusing that we… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the loneliness probably got to be too much and anyone seemed better than no one. — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
“It is good to be alone, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult should be one more reason to do it.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“I need exercise and solitude. This time of confinement has threatened my sanity!” — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
I'm not going to talk to you for awhile. I need you to miss me. I need you to appreciate having me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I spend so much time living by myself - mostly in hotels - and I pick up cats when I'm feeling particularly… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I shall lead you through the loneliness, the solitude you will not understand; but it is my shortcut to your soul. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are…and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
“Solitude and loneliness are two separate things. One you choose out of wisdom, the other out of necessity.” -Mark Miller” — Mark Miller Copy Share Image
“Solitude seems to oppress me. And so does the company of other people.” — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together. [p. 23]” — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
Oh it gets so lonely When you're walking And the streets are full of strangers — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
“It was a melancholy day indeed when the sister of solitude was Sunday's silver lining.” — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image