Animal Quote by William Cowper

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

— Octavio Paz

He who understands humanity seeks solitude

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

“ Solitude Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.…

— Alexander Pope

On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing is solitude

— William Wordsworth

“Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero…

— Mike Norton

He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.

— Francis Bacon

True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One's inner voices become audible... In consequence, one responds more…

— Wendell Berry

“Hence in solitude, or that deserted state when we are surrounded by human beings and yet they sympathize not with us, we love the…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable…

— Thomas Mann

“Naked solitude with neither gesture nor word. Transparent in the orchard, smooth as oil on the hill. Silent solitude with neither fragrance nor weathervane,…

— Federico García Lorca

“One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer