Fellows Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being.

— Albert Einstein

Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his…

— Albert Einstein

“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own…

— Thomas Merton

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than…

— Thomas Mann

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

— Emile M. Cioran

The relationship between man and space is none other than dwelling, strictly thought and spoken.

— Martin Heidegger

The true solitary ... will feel that he is himself only when he is alone; when he is in company he will feel that…

— Vita Sackville-West

The fact that the man is not alone, that he is solitary to the entire universe even through vanity it means a major thing,…

— Sorin Cerin

Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only…

— Octavio Paz

Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in one of…

— Henry David Thoreau

To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Only the individual who is solitary is like a thing placed under profound laws, and when he goes out into the morning that is…

— Rainer Maria Rilke