Faith Quote by Thomas Merton

“The Christian solitary does not seek solitude merely as an atmosphere or as a setting for a special and exalted spirituality. Not doesn't he…

— Thomas Merton

“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

“the true solitary does not seek himself, but loses himself.”

— Michael Finkel

“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

“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than…

— Thomas Mann

“The solitary speaks."One receives as a reward for much ennui , ill-humour and boredom, such as a solitude without friends, books, duties or passions…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“In the case of the solitary, his seclusion, even when it is absolute and ends only with life itself, has often as its primary…

— Marcel Proust

“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art…

— Bell Hooks

“Day by day, the constant solitude drove him deeper inside himself, with only his thoughts for companions. Soon he might lose the capacity for…

— Sondra Allan Carr

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

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“...the natures of solitary people are apt to have more unmapped country in them than worldly folk imagine. They see and think and do…

— Julian Hawthorne

“The deepest need of man, then, is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.”

— Erich Fromm