“He had reached the point where all he wanted on earth was to be alone.” — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“When nothing in society deserves respect, we should fashion for ourselves in solitude new silent loyalties.” — Nicólas Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
“Meditation is not about being silent in solitude, it is a state of being silent in the midst of chaos.” — Shiva Negi Copy Share Image
Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter. — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
Ursula craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum that she couldn’t even begin to solve. — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“I take pleasure in solitude, many see me as distant but only few know it's when i'm most alive.” — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is just a passing disillusion we can conquer by acknowledging those around us.” — Jenny Cutler Lopez Copy Share Image
I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond that laughs so loud, or than Walden Pond itself. What company… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“As if the only genuine gestures were the small ones, the ones devoid of an audience. As if true honesty belonged to… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“There is so much obligatory generosity to being a good mother, a good wife, a good friend. Solitude is an acceptable form… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“But now, well, he keeps telling me that solitude is the foundation of true wisdom, that all the brilliant thoughts in this… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I am an incorrigible devotee to solitude, and am never so cheerful, I believe, or so unruffled by small difficulties as when… — Susan Hale Copy Share Image
There's a loneliness that only exists in one's mind. The loneliest moment in someone's life is when they are watching their whole… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“Part Five: The Single Hound XVIII THERE is another Loneliness That many die without, Not want or friend occasions it, Or circumstances… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I remember getting my first cell phone in New York, getting into a taxi and thinking "This is the end of solitude… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude."… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“...you can't spend all your time alone…alone in your head…alone in your books…it's not healthy. We all need to learn to get… — Claire A. Murray Copy Share Image
“I am afflicted with the power of thought, which is a heavy curse. The less a person thinks and inquires regarding the… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful… — Michael Gurian Copy Share Image
Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The moment you give up all thought of retreat or surrender you become an unstoppable force. — Tommy Newberry Copy Share Image
I always feel that it's great when you can be happy when you're by yourself. That's not a bad thing. — Gene Pitney Copy Share Image
Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction. — Oliver P. Smith Copy Share Image
People say loneliness kills. I say not loneliness but the absence of someone kills. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“To be a member of such a crowd ... is not much to be far removed from solitude; the freedom of everyone… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“alone doesn't mean lonely. It just means alone. It just means that for now, you're on your own, and that's not a… — Hemal Jhaveri Copy Share Image
The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled with the Love… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Your solitude will expand and become a place where you can live in the twilight, where the noise of other people passes,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
It's a great thing to have a support system and the comfortability because a lot of the time you're going to be… — Trinity Rodman Copy Share Image
Solitary and farouche people don't have relationships; they are quite unrelatable. If you and I were capable of being altogether house-trained and… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“I love this constant motion between ' Solitude' and ' Loneliness '. On one end it's the desire and achievement of being… — Anubhav Mishra Copy Share Image
Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
“Be silent in that solitude Which is not loneliness - for then The spirits of the dead who stood In… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
