Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity. — James Altucher Copy Share Image
“Quiet Spaces We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.” — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
A wise man never enjoys himself so much, nor a fool so little, as when alone. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“To waste this heart once more & have you here, not silent, only quiet, as before.” — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
To me, privacy is nothing if not the freedom to be let alone, to experiment and to make mistakes, to forget and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Soul [the Real Self] and the Gnan [True Knowledge] are always present in crowds, not in solitude. There is peace in… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' convinced me to drop out of Harvard graduate school. The novel reminded me of everything my Ph.D.… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
Every deed and every relationship is surrounded by an atmosphere of silence. Friendship needs no words -- it is solitude delivered from… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
I am always able to find that solitude. I am always able to find that peace. Which is tight. That is what… — J.I.D Copy Share Image
loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Caring for friends opens the heart, and gifts us with the privilege of sharing the fruits of our self-imposed and necessary solitude. — Max Elliott Slade Copy Share Image
“T]here arises an insight, which the poet must learn through other people. There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“Striding, finally, into the solitude. You feel as if part of your body has been ripped from you, as if flesh has… — Nikki Gemmell Copy Share Image
“The owner as he crosses the board floor, moving between shelves, past stacked crates and burlap sacks bulging with sugar and flour.… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
“Have (with the help of convention) found the solution of everything in ease and the easiest side of ease; but it is… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the current presumption, if there is any man who has no right to solitude, it is the artist. Art cannot… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude.… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
It's the loneliest feeling in the world - to find yourself standing up when everyone else is sitting down. To have everybody… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“I do not want to wander about any more. I am pining for a corner in which to nestle down snugly, away… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Lonely's like any other organism; competitive and resourceful in the struggle to perpetuate itself. — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
We can never leave loneliness behind completely - it is part of what forms us. — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
True Lines:Loneliness Is A Special EnjoymentWhen Chosen By Our Self. . .!!But Hard To Digest When Gifted By Others..:( — Tinku Razoria Copy Share Image
Embrace your solitude and love it. Endure the pain it causes, and try to sing out with it. For those near to… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Cause if you’re happy in your head, then solitude is blessed, and alone is okay. — Tanya Davis Copy Share Image
“Ritual of Solitude works best when you practice it at the same time every day.” — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not. — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
Animals are born and bred in litters. Solitude grows blessed and peaceful only in old age. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.” — Jenn Granneman Copy Share Image
“The soul that knows suffering, understand the grace of solitude.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Loneliness Got a mind of its own The more people around The more you feel alone — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“One becomes accustomed to one's solitude, and it begins to seem rather phony to try to reach out.” — Louisa Hall Copy Share Image
There are people who cannot risk loneliness with the experience. They always have to be in a flock and have human contact. — Marie-Louise von Franz Copy Share Image
Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image