Agency Quote by 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

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

— Octavio Paz

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It's where we become our best company.

— Jay Shetty

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

— Octave Mirbeau

“The observations and encounters of a man of solitude and few words are at once more nebulous and more intense than those of a…

— Thomas Mann

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

To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude is a place where all is quiet - except the beating of your heart.

— Jeanne Marie Laskas

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 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 is so necessary both for society and for the individual that when society fails to provide sufficient solitude to develop the inner life…

— Thomas Merton