Asylums Quote by Herman Melville

“A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.…

— Herman Melville

To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.

— John F. Carlson

“Anyone who truly wants to escape human solipsism should not seek out empty places. Instead of fleeing to desert, where they will be thrown…

— John Gray

“Sometimes I think, were I just a little rougher made, I would go altogether to the woods—to my work entirely, and solitude, a few…

— Mary Oliver

It (Oxford) is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been hunted out of every…

— Adam Smith

“Far from its outward appearance, the rain forest was not a garden of easy abundance, but precisely the opposite. Its quiet, shaded halls of…

— Candice Millard

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

— Isaac of Nineveh

The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it…

— Anonymous

“You must not let yourself be misled, in your solitude, by the fact that there is something in you which wants to escape from…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Wherever forests have not been mowed down, wherever the animal is recessed in their quiet protection, wherever the earth is not bereft of four-footed…

— Chief Luther Standing Bear

Going into the woods, you can go as fast or as slow as you want. It's restorative. Even when I was young, the wilderness…

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

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