Adequate Quote by Herbert Marcuse

“The observations and encounters of a man of solitude and few words are at once more nebulous and more intense than those of a…

— Thomas Mann

“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

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite:…

— Thomas Mann

The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man;…

— Thomas Mann

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

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what…

— Soren Kierkegaard

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

There is a solitude of space. A solitude of sea. A solitude of death, but these societies shall be compared with that profounder site-that…

— Anonymous

“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

In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value…

— Simone Weil

“Solitude produces originality, bold & astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd, and the forbidden.”

— Thomas Mann

“Reason has always been obliterated by the sensation of profound solitude, perhaps that is why we replace the aching of isolation with the anguish…

— Elyse Draper