Being alone Quote by Jeanne Marie Laskas

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

— Henry Cloud

There's a difference between loneliness and solitude. You pursue solitude, I think. But loneliness is a completely different isolating thing.

— Dervla Kirwan

Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing…

— Wislawa Szymborska

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

Isolation is a sickness unspoken..it is impossible to be all we can in it..it is dangerous but when there is no ligh in your…

— Abigail Vanhoff

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a…

— Wislawa Szymborska

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

— Octave Mirbeau

Individuality is different than isolation. Isolation is trying to do everything on your own, living life by yourself. Isolation happens when you choose not…

— Stephen Lovegrove

Inward solitude has outward manifestations. There is the freedom to be alone, not in order to be away from people but in order to…

— Richard J. Foster

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

— Anonymous

In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less,…

— Haruki Murakami