Closets Quote by Frances J Roberts

God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which…

— Pope Benedict XVI

If you meet God in solitude, you discover the God you meet is the God who embraces all people.

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude is bearable only with God.

— Andre Gide

“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 can be very rewarding and full of blessing because in the silence of the inner being, one finds God”

— Fulton Sheen

“Solitude means withdrawal from an artificial and fictional level of being which men, divided by original sin, have fabricated in order to keep peace…

— Thomas Merton

“The Christian solitary does not seek solitude merely as an atmosphere or as a setting for a special and exalted spirituality. Not doesn't he…

— Thomas Merton

He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.

— Francis Bacon

“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

Inward solitude has outward manifestations. There is the freedom to be alone, not in order to be away from people but in order to…

— Richard J. Foster

We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of…

— Anonymous

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