Divine Quote by Richard J. Foster

Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come…

— Jeanne Marie Laskas

There is no such thing as solitude, nor anything that can be said to be alone and by itself but God, who is His…

— Thomas Browne

“Solitude is a time for "God and God alone." Who knows what can happpen when we focus only on God. In solitude, we sense…

— Sue Monk Kidd

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

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

— Anonymous

In solitude there grows what anyone brings into it, the inner beast too. Therefore solitude is inadvisable to many.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and…

— Paulo Coelho

Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone,…

— Henri Nouwen

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

— Henry Cloud

“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