Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude. — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I have a very busy life, and I love meeting people, but I also like to be alone. — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion. — Marilu Henner Copy Share Image
“You can really never give birth to anything in this world without solitude. Everything precious comes out of solitude.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space. — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is remedied at times with the company of a friend and at other times with the company of oneself.” — Patricia Selbert Copy Share Image
“No matter how far I try to travel from people, people always appear. Either they follow me, or they're already there, and… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
How would Jonathan Lethem have obtained such a stellar endorsement for 'The Fortress of Solitude' from Michael Chabon, if not for the… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
“worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood. It can make people lose their grasp… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a moment of solitude is just a faded sorrow. You remember fringes of it, but forgot most of it. Moved on… — Crestless Wave Copy Share Image
I did not choose solitude. Who would? It came on me like a kind of vocation, demanding an effort that married women… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It feels as if being alone is the hardest thing to go threw, its not, if we spent more time being happy… — Xavier Zayas Copy Share Image
The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Her mighty lakes, like oceans of liquid silver; her mountains with their right aerial tints; her valleys, teeming with wild fertility; her… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“And occasionally I became very sad over that happiness, because I was well aware it couldn’t last. I wasn’t meant to exist… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The kenosis of the Son reveals the mystery of God who is Love. This gift of life is an extension of a… — Olivier Clement Copy Share Image
“The rocking of the boat by the waves was soothing but unknown. The men on the shore were asleep. Not the twelve-year-old,… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
When we commit ourselves to times of solitude with the Lord, we cannot know what will happen... How we will change, in… — Penelope J Stokes Copy Share Image
A spiritual retreat is medicine for soul starvation. Through silence, solitary practice, and simple living, we begin to fill the empty reservoir.… — David A. Cooper Copy Share Image
“Whatever we may do, excess will always keep its place in the heart of man, in the place where solitude is found.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
