Seclusion Quotes

31 quotes by 29 authors

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target… — Felix Adler
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. — Thomas Carlyle
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion. — Quintilian
What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is to… — Ibn Taymiyyah
Seclusion is the price of greatness. — Paramahansa Yogananda
The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make his love known… — Henri Nouwen
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
We meditate alone but live our lives with other people; a gap is inevitable. If our path is to lead to less suffering, nd much… — Greg Kramer
The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and fight her battles, and there… — Elizabeth Prentiss
Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences — Nikola Tesla
You could also "request" to be locked into the seclusion room. Not many people made that request. You had to "request" to get out too.… — Susanna Kaysen
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place… — Michel de Montaigne
So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security. — Agnetha Faltskog
If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a… — Seneca the Younger
HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many… — Ambrose Bierce
Get yourself to a vantage point of seclusion and view the world with your eyes alone. Think of the infinite spaces of the skies and… — Charles E. Burchfield
What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy.… — Roger Ebert
Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness. — James D. Watson

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