Business Quote by Thomas Hardy

“The psyche of some people, whether through innate structure or via adaption to personal experiences, is uniquely adept for absolute aloneness.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

— Zadie Smith

Feeling alone guides the mind.

— Claude Bernard

“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

When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention…

— Richard Jefferies

“Thinking, existentially speaking, is a solitary but not a lonely business; solitude is that human situation in which I keep myself company. Loneliness comes…

— Hannah Arendt

“The unconscious mind distracts and deceives. Aware presence reveals and enlightens.”

— Steve Leasock

“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion…

— Tesla

“Sometimes I sit and stare out at the people walking by, wondering if they’ve felt as I’ve felt, trapped, alone, but guiltily content in…

— Moryah DeMott

In the awakened state of Presence, aloneness becomes all-oneness.

— Leonard Jacobson

“We know that solitude is almost a necessity for creativity and the development of a genuinely and richly autonomous sense of identity.”

— Sara Maitland

“The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug…

— John Updike