Solitude Quotes · Page 62

Some kind of solitude is measured out in you; You think you know me but you haven't got a clue.

— Anonymous

The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.

— Mieczyslaw Jastrun

“In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

— Eric Clapton

I'm lost in a loneliness that feels like forever ... like a solitude that never goes away.

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

— Laurence Sterne

Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.

— Ramana Maharshi

I find comfort in solitude. Afterall, it is the DNA of being introverted.

— Michael Kilby

Now I know what loneliness is, I think. Momentary loneliness, anyway. It comes from a vague core of the self - -…

— Sylvia Plath

And if at times you renounce experience and mind's heavy logic, it seems that the world has rushed along on its orbit,…

— Charles Lindbergh

“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.” Yes—I am meeting more resistance lately. I…

— Frank Herbert

“His anguish had grown skeletal in its solitude. He wished it didn’t have to be so, that one could ingest pain and…

— Tatjana Soli

I think there is no way to write about being alone. To write is to tell something to somebody to communicate to…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and…

— Washington Irving

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a…

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Solitude The creation of an open, empty space in our lives by purposefully abstaining from interaction with other human beings, so that,…

— Richard J. Foster

“Solitude increased my perception. But here’s the tricky thing: when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. There…

— Michael Finkel

“A broadcast about wolves, with recordings of their howls. What a language! The most heartrending I know, and I shall never forget…

— Cioran

“A lonesome town, though. He who had grown up alone had lately learned to avoid solitude. During the past several months he…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too…

— Julia Cameron

“The Christian solitary does not seek solitude merely as an atmosphere or as a setting for a special and exalted spirituality. Not…

— Thomas Merton

We need to remember to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be…

— Maya Angelou

“If you were alone when you were born, alone when you were dying, really absolutely alone when you were dead, why "learn…

— Lorrie Moore

I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes…

— Nigel Slater

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.

— Brian Swimme

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!

— William Wilberforce

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set…

— Alan Parker

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.

— Will Self

I really cherish having my private time and being alone and being able to decompress. It's my own version of meditating.

— Tim Gunn

“this is not a time of retreat but rather resurgence. This is not a time for compromise but rather courage.”

— Mark Driscoll

“If you were born alone to die alone - socializing is not a must - when you haven't built a society within…

— Kangoma Kindembo

“Solitude is the greatest treasure and through it, you can rebuild your life, reorder your life and solve life’s problems.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

— Douglas Coupland

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

— Saheba

“How can you make an informed decision about whether to save the world if you never leave your tiny part of it?”

— Shaun David Hutchinson

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It's where we become our best company.

— Jay Shetty

I place solitude in a frame on my desk and call it, the one I love.

— Kelli Russell Agodon

“because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth”

— Gabriel García Márquez

It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.

— Paul Gauguin