Freedom Quote by Bella DePaulo

Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“Solitude removes us from the mindless humdrum of everyday life into a higher consciousness which reconnects us with ourselves and our deepest humanity, and…

— Neel Burton

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless…

— John Ortberg

Solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people... precludes awareness of one's self so that after a while…

— May Sarton

“The importance of solitude is to help you to differentiate your own thoughts from those you have studied, read, heard, or unintentionally absorbed.”

— Tonya Sheridan

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

— Anonymous

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that,…

— May Sarton

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels…

— Anonymous

A place of solitude offers a retreat from the opposing forces and diverse demands of living, an entry into a state of peace and…

— Anthony Lawlor

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the…

— Henri Nouwen