--- title: "8 Word Solitude Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 8 Word Solitude quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Word Solitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/paul-tillich-3183_daily-life_our-language-has-wisely-sensed-these-two_904709.jpg" --- > [“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/our-language-has-wisely-sensed-these-two-sides-of-man-s-being-alone/) [Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/paul-tillich-3183_daily-life_our-language-has-wisely-sensed-these-two_904709.jpg) > [I write the word solitude on my wall and then below it: Do you know me at all? Are my words just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-sorensen/i-write-the-word-solitude-on-my-wall-and-then-below-it-do-you-know-me/) [Jessica Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-sorensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/jessica-sorensen-1288_air_i-write-the-word-solitude-on-my-wall-and_1110942.jpg) > [Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/language-has-created-the-word-loneliness-to-express-the-pain-of-being/) [Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/paul-tillich-3183_being-alone_language-has-created-the-word-loneliness_1111163.jpg) > [“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/our-language-has-wisely-sensed-these-two-sides-of-man-s-being-alone-2/) [Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/paul-tillich-3183_loneliness_our-language-has-wisely-sensed-these-two_1198548.jpg) > [“At an early age I found myself facing the incomprehensible, the unthinkable, death. Ever since, I have known nothing on this earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmond-jab-s/at-an-early-age-i-found-myself-facing-the-incomprehensible-the/) [Edmond Jabès](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmond-jab-s/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/edmond-jab-s-18829_death_at-an-early-age-i-found-myself-facing-th_1532708.jpg) > [Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/our-language-has-wisely-sensed-the-two-sides-of-being-alone-it-has/) [Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/paul-tillich-3183_alone_our-language-has-wisely-sensed-the-two-s_1763645.jpg) > [Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/language-has-created-the-word-loneliness-to-express-the-pain-of-being-2/) [Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/paul-tillich-3183_being-alone_language-has-created-the-word-loneliness_2575764.jpg) > [The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-speech-of-god-is-silence-his-word-is-solitude/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/thomas-merton-231_communication_the-speech-of-god-is-silence-his-word-is_2804906.jpg) ## Top authors on Word Solitude - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-tillich-74200.jpg) Paul Tillich 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/word-solitude/paul-tillich/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/word-solitude/#itemlist", "name": "Word Solitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. 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