Inspirational Quote by Thomas Merton

I hate solitude but I am afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself and to turn it…

— Iris Murdoch

I hate solitude, but I'm afraid of intimacy. The substance of my life is a private conversation with myself which to turn into a…

— Iris Murdoch

Absolute solitude is on this showing the ineluctable destiny of the soul. Only our bodies can meet.

— Gilbert Ryle

“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something much bigger…

— Adyashanti

The soul that has been enriched by communion with God will not be dismayed by isolation but will welcome solitude. He will seek not…

— Frances J Roberts

In a soulmate we find not company but a completed solitude.

— Anonymous

Our spirits have their own private way of understanding each other, of becoming intimate, while our external persons are still trapped in the commerce…

— Luigi Pirandello

Solitude can become your most meaningful companion and it can assist you in being a more giving person in your spiritual partnerships. Rather than…

— Wayne Dyer

Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.

— Henri Nouwen

We must come together in ways that respect the solitude of the soul that avoid the unconscious violence we do when we try to…

— Parker J. Palmer

In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but…

— Henri Nouwen

I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each shall stand guard over the solitude of the…

— Rainer Maria Rilke