Abyss Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.

— Robert Fulghum

“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art…

— Bell Hooks

He who understands humanity seeks solitude

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

“The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But…

— Thomas Merton

“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

“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and…

— Paulo Coelho

Solitude and company may be allowed to take their turns: the one creates in us the love of mankind, the other that of ourselves;…

— Seneca the Younger

“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 is a time for "God and God alone." Who knows what can happpen when we focus only on God. In solitude, we sense…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who…

— Octavio Paz