“if we don’t have experience with solitude—and this is often the case today—we start to equate loneliness and solitude.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“I like to make a distinction between solitude and being alone. Alone signifies loneliness, whereas solitude means really connecting with yourself.” — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions. — Robert Fulghum 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
The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid. — Brad Mehldau Copy Share Image
“Solitude isn’t loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly.” — Victoria Erickson Copy Share Image
I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do.… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
Usually, we think that "good" loneliness is what we call "solitude," the choice of some alone-time. But I want to press on… — Thomas L. Dumm Copy Share Image
Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your… — R.J. Ellory Copy Share Image
The association between failure, loneliness, and solitude is so strong in our culture that people often find it difficult to believe that… — Suzanne Gordon Copy Share Image
“Not loneliness, but solitude. Not suffering, but endurance, the discovery of grim kinship with the rocks and sky. And the finding here… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Cuddle I cuddle you i cuddle me, i cuddle the loneliness, in the solitude in which you left me, your scent is… — Ivonne Yáñez Saba Copy Share Image
To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...Bhutan all but bases its identity upon its loneliness, and its refusal to b assimilated into India, or Tibet, or Nepal. Vietnam,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem,… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary job--that is, no one can help you with it, bu there's nothing lonely about it. I have always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude,… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do.… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“Paul Tillich - Loneliness & Solitude: "And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain to pray:… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“The companionship which Adam the second is seeking is not to be found in the de-personalized regimentation of the army, in the… — Joseph B. Soloveitchik Copy Share Image
![“Paul Tillich - Loneliness & Solitude: "And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain to pray: and when the evening was come, he was alone" - Matthew 14.23. 'He was there alone.' So are we. Man [humankind] is alone because he/[she] is man [human]. In some way every creature…” quote by Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/paul-tillich-3183_inspirational_paul-tillich-loneliness-solitude-and-whe_394893.jpg)
