Business Quote by Samuel D. Warren

“. . . solitude, which is held to be cause of eccentricity, in fact imposes excessive normality, and least in public . . . [p. 7]”

— Shirley Hazzard

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

— Octavio Paz

He who understands humanity seeks solitude

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

“if we don’t have experience with solitude—and this is often the case today—we start to equate loneliness and solitude.”

— Sherry Turkle

“For solitude confers a twofold advantage on the intellectually superior person; first of all, being on his own, and the second, not being with…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.”

— Octavio Paz

“Solitude is mental growth”

— Allison Mierop

“The paradigm experience of solitude is a state characterized by disengagement from the immediate demands of other people – a state of reduced social…

— Bella DePaulo

“Solitude, which is one of the most agreeable sensations of the natural man, is one of the most painful and alarming sensations of the…

— William J. Dawson

“Unerring solitude forces a person to confront their morality and aloneness. Solitude makes personal confession possible.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Solitude devastates me; company oppresses me. The presence of another person derails my thoughts; I dream of the other’s presence with a strange absent-mindedness…

— Fernando Pessoa

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