an engaged solitary, an inward-turned observer of the world,

I think that Jean Houston has broken through to a new understanding of the sense and uses of inward-turned contemplation-a n understanding that leaves…

— Joseph Campbell

“Jacob opened the refrigerator and stared into it vacantly, with the false purposefulness that lingers for a few moments when a person of a…

— Caleb Crain

A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our…

— Janine Benyus

And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with…

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

— Richard E. Grant

As far as living a solitary lifestyle, it takes just one person to dance alone

— Martin Dansky

It has been my experience that nothing changes a person's life more than the discovery of one solitary truth: There is a meaning and…

— Matthew Kelly

So in the heart, When, fading slowly down the past, Fond memories depart, And each that leaves it seems the last; Long after all…

— Henry Van Dyke

“She knows how things fit together and move, but so few people understand her. She’s the most solitary person I’ve ever known.”

— Ally Condie

The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul--our Protestant idea, the right of…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

When I'm away from basketball, I'm the biggest kid. I do a good job of keeping myself sane. But on the other hand, I'm…

— Tim Duncan

Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image on your…

— Christian Marclay

Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is…

— Gary Chapman

I saw above a sea of hills A solitary planet shine, And there was no one, near or far, to keep the world from…

— Sara Teasdale

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad…

— Emily Dickinson