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Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one… — Octavio Paz
It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We… — Austin Phelps
Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer, but how necessary… — Thomas Brooks
Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. — Deepak Chopra
To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known… — Joseph Wood Krutch
You think that I am impoverishing myself withdrawing from men, but in my solitude I have woven for myself a silken web or chrysalis, and,… — Henry David Thoreau
There is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear, and almost everyone has hours when he would gladly exchange it for… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Not everyone knows how to be alone with others, how to share solitude. We have to help each other to understand how to be in… — David Spangler
The reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves… — Doris Grumbach
Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda
It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny. — Archibald Rutledge
Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment is in solitude, when you… — Grenville Kleiser
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness. — Andre Maurois
The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go… — Tacitus
In all the splendor of solitude... it is a test of myself, and one thing I loathe is to have to test myself in front… — Naomi Uemura
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer… — Charles Darwin
O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is" I… — Susan Jeffers
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or… — Lyndon B. Johnson
If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came… — Stewart Udall
When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles. — Samuel Johnson
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. — Arthur Brisbane
Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies. — Jules Renard

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