Colonial-history Quote by Abhijit Naskar

“EAST: youthfulness, innocence, freshness SOUTH: activity, clarity, simplicity WEST: aging, questioning, wisdom NORTH: maturity, acceptance, death”

— Matthew Frederick

“Whatever we may think or affect to think of the present age, we cannot get out of it; we must suffer with its sufferings,…

— John Stuart Mill

“You must not let yourself be misled, in your solitude, by the fact that there is something in you which wants to escape from…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring…

— Eudora Welty

“Creativity flourishes in solitude.”

— Pearl Zhu

“I search for in my work, in these far-flung places, to find a group of people who give each other the room to BE…

— Lily King

“When we fail to express our needs, we remain islands unto ourselves—detached, alone, arrogant, and proud. But when we expose our needs, we are…

— Henry Cloud

“Really feeling your body move and the life inside of yourself is critical. Western culture is astoundingly disembodied and uniquely so.”

— Krista Tippett

“ Solitude Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.…

— Alexander Pope

“Our culture confuses the pain of isolation with some impossible ideal of “self-sufficiency,” and then celebrates it.”

— Wayne Muller

“There is a disconnect between the wealth of stories available here and the rarity of creative refuge.”

— Teju Cole

“Only the exceptional blend of love, humility, hospitality, and persistence can overcome these barriers, and not enough people make the effort.”

— Nabeel Qureshi