However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Of all individuals, the hated, the shunned, and the peculiar are arguably most themselves. They wear no masks whatsoever in order to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Solitude and silence teach me to love my friends for what they are, not for what they say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey is one that we must take "alone together," in the same way that a good marriage involves a dance… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
For pain words are lacking. There should be cries, cracks, fissures, whiteness passing over chintz covers, interference with the sense of time,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I’m . . . accustomed to being alone. There are times when alone is the best place to be. I enjoy my own company.” — Sara Naveed Copy Share Image
Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Why should not our whole life and its scenery be actually thus fair and distinct? All our lives want a suitable background.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We all know the tragedy of the dustbowls, the cruel unforgivable erosions of the soil, the depletion of fish or game, and… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a beleaguered soul, set upon… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
Needless to say, the business of living interferes with the solitude so needed for any work of the imagination. Here's what Virginia… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Not too long ago thousands spent their lives as recluses to find spiritual vision in the solitude of nature. Modern man need… — Franz Winkler Copy Share Image
The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Writing too was a mighty consumer of energy, besides a task one often went to with reluctance - not solely on account… — Frank Sargeson Copy Share Image
Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim. — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“The corner doesn't mind listening to the stupid things I say; Sometimes it's the only one keeping me from running away. And… — Margo T. Rose Copy Share Image
“Solitude takes time, and caregivers to children have no time. Our children demand attention and need care. They ask questions and parents… — Gary Paul Nabhan 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
