“Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself. —TERESA OF ÁVILA” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
“And I no longer ask for all the solitude in the world, but for time.” — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“You must learn focus and concentration for you to enjoy solitude.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“To wander solitary there: Two paradises ‘twere in one To live in paradise alone.” — Andrew Marvell Copy Share Image
“... The type of loneliness where you need to keep struggling to accept a situation is fundamentally different than the sort you… — Ryu Murakami Copy Share Image
“But perhaps these are the very hours during which solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has found his niche in making the sound of solitude a triumphant experience, like Good Will Hunting: The… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
“But to me, it's a whole lot more important to find something that makes you unafraid of being alone, rather than to… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
It is important to have a certain amount of solitude just to clear your circuits. You will find that you can be… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To meet the objections of some inveterate cavillers, I may as well state, that if I dined out occasionally, as I always… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is a source of loathsome ice-cold suffering, the suffering of unreality. At such times we need people to teach us that… — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude.… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the current presumption, if there is any man who has no right to solitude, it is the artist. Art cannot… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Have (with the help of convention) found the solution of everything in ease and the easiest side of ease; but it is… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
“I do not want to wander about any more. I am pining for a corner in which to nestle down snugly, away… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is like a set of binoculars that’s trained on the social world. This has actually been proven. Psychologists have long theorized… — Emily White Copy Share Image
It's the loneliest feeling in the world - to find yourself standing up when everyone else is sitting down. To have everybody… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image