Community Quote by Dani Shapiro

Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving states of…

— Parker J. Palmer

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

Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In solitude we can come to the realization that we are not driven together but brought together. In solitude we come to know our…

— Henri Nouwen

“To enter solitude, we must disregard what others think of us. Who will understand this call to aloneness? Even our closest friends will see…

— Richard J. Foster

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

— Anonymous

Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience.

— May Sarton

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

— Robert Cecil

Solitude is the nest of thoughts.

— Vikrant Parsai

It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations…

— Derek Mahon

Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood.

— Sarah Hall

In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but…

— Henri Nouwen