Solitude Quotes · Page 56

Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.

— Mason Cooley

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Those who love seek a philosophy and, because of this, are fond of solitude.”

— Eiji Yoshikawa

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.

— George Herbert

Those beings only are fit for solitude who are like nobody, and are liked by nobody.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“Effective practice of solitude always give birth to freshness, renewal, refocus, rejuvenation, revelation and restoration.”

— Benjamin Suulola

An infected writer. Sick of the poetry poison injected inside of her.

— Needa Muy

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

— Dag Hammarskjold

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him,…

— Bertrand Russell

The thought of attention made me want to hide in a closet. I wasn't a kid who liked attention. I liked solitude…

— Daria Werbowy

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him…

— Paul Brunton

In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living.…

— Anais Nin

I am persuaded there is no such thing after all as a perfect enjoyment of solitude; for the more delicious the solitude…

— Leigh Hunt

The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my…

— Shan Sa

I spent years of being a ghost / Unsure of where home is anymore / I tell them I feel nothing /…

— Needa Muy

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to…

— Anonymous

“Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, and loneliness. You will see that the world is not on…

— Dallas Willard

“What did I fear, and why? — I, to whom the night had been a more familiar face than that of man…

— Ambrose Bierce

“In solitude I get rid of my scaffolding... Solitude molds self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“Prime numbers are divisible only by 1 and by themselves. They hold their place in the infinite series of natural numbers, squashed,…

— Paolo Giordano

“We carry our burdens all the time; we never die to them, we never leave them behind. It is only when we…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those…

— Anonymous

The imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of…

— Samuel Johnson

We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail,…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood.

— Sarah Hall

“Reading is solitude. One reads alone, even in another's presence.”

— Italo Calvino

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

— Bruce Lee

Solitude gives you the ideas and the motivation to make you want to collaborate.

— Nitin Sawhney

The worst feeling: Being in a room full of PEOPLE & still being lonely.

— Kiana J Wilson

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

— Lord Byron

“Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself. —TERESA OF ÁVILA”

— Richard J. Foster

“is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind.… ”

— Arianna Huffington

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

— Marcus Aurelius

“And I no longer ask for all the solitude in the world, but for time.”

— Roberto Bolaño

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

— Rod Serling

“To wander solitary there: Two paradises ‘twere in one To live in paradise alone.”

— Andrew Marvell

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

— Mary Balogh

Sometimes it's better to be alone cause no one can hurt you that way.

— Anonymous

“You must learn focus and concentration for you to enjoy solitude.”

— Sunday Adelaja