Looks Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come…

— Thomas de Quincey

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

— Octavio Paz

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad…

— Henry David Thoreau

“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

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude is nothing that one can choose or retrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Solitude is a wonderful thing in two ways. First, it allows a man to be with himself, and second, it prevents him being with…

— Paul Hoffman

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

— Octave Mirbeau

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that,…

— May Sarton

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

He who understands humanity seeks solitude

— Ali ibn Abi Talib