God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy,… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms. — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
In triumphs, I found my weakness. In low moments, I found my real strength. In silence, I found my True Self. — Ces Peta Copy Share Image
“What is really scary is running naked inside yourself, revealing the real you.” — Wes Adamson Copy Share Image
During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
For a writer, for the solitude to write, you don't need a room of your own, you need a house. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
When I was working at Omega, I took this Zen retreat, where you're quiet, you don't say anything for a week, and… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
“Quiet reflection is often the mother of deep understanding. Maintain that peaceful nursery, enabling stillness to speak.” — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“Her face had the usual fulness of expression which is developed by a life of solitude. Where the eyes of a multitude… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“A habit of solitude in early childhood is not easily broken. Indeed, it may prove lifelong.” — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
“By solitude the soul escapes from doing or suffering magic; it escapes from dullness, from boredom, by being aware. Nothing is boring… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“The solitary speaks."One receives as a reward for much ennui , ill-humour and boredom, such as a solitude without friends, books, duties… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think art, the discipline of creating, really does require tremendous solitude. But the whole creative process can seal your life to… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
“There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...” — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning. — Anna Neagle Copy Share Image
