Able Quote by Erich Fromm

“Can you be alone without being lonely? Can you spend time by yourself without craving noise or company of other people? Have you discovered…

— Steve Goodier

We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family,…

— Hannah More

The ability to reflect is associated with critical thinking and reasoning ability. And the capacity to be alone is one of the highest levels…

— Laurie Helgoe

The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mastering the art of aloneness doesn't mean living in isolation or never needing the love, support, and involvement of others. It means creating and…

— Lauren Mackler

Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own…

— Daniel J. Siegel

It is in solitude that the works of hand, heart and mind are always conceived, and in solitude that individuality must be affirmed.

— Robert M. Lindner

“If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our company? Before…

— Gerald Corey

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and…

— Ameen Rihani

A person must be able to be alone and find happiness within themselves, before they can ever expect to be happy with someone else.

— Nishan Panwar

“Thinking, existentially speaking, is a solitary but not a lonely business; solitude is that human situation in which I keep myself company. Loneliness comes…

— Hannah Arendt

The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

— Andy Rooney