Acquisition Quote by Gautama Buddha

“The way one is envisaged by other people - what easier way is there of envisaging oneself? There is a fatalism in one's acceptance…

— Elizabeth Bowen

If the mind loves solitude, it has thereby acquired a loftier character, and it becomes still more noble when the taste is indulged in.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

— Aldous Huxley

We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness. True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s…

— Wendell Berry

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

One must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may be.

— Meister Eckhart

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then will the faculties rise fair and full within

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the…

— Henri Nouwen

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions.…

— Buddha

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

— Twyla Tharp

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

— Alice Hegan Rice