Affliction Quote by Gautama Buddha

Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge…

— Jean Genet

“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 does not consist in living alone; it consists in living with others, with people who take no interest in you.

— Octave Mirbeau

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

“For solitude confers a twofold advantage on the intellectually superior person; first of all, being on his own, and the second, not being with…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels…

— Anonymous

Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness. Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware…

— Kent Nerburn

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

— Anna Neagle

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.

— Katrina Kenison

Solitude is the human condition in which I keep myself company. Loneliness comes about when I am alone without being able to split up…

— Hannah Arendt

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

— Octavio Paz