Community Quote by Derek Mahon

“In solitude I get rid of my scaffolding... Solitude molds self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

— Anonymous

“Loneliness is painful; Solitude is peaceful. Loneliness makes us cling to others in desperation; solitude allows us to respect others in their uniqueness and…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

I think so much about how we read, about the nature of solitude, and of community, is changing in ways that none of us…

— Dani Shapiro

Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that…

— Vicente Aleixandre

“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

“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

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 a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel