Bears Quote by William Gilmore Simms

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I can tell you that solitude Is not all exaltation, inner space Where the soul breathes and work can be done. Solitude exposes the…

— May Sarton

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

— Laurence Sterne

No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary.

— Barbara Holland

“Solitude removes us from the mindless humdrum of everyday life into a higher consciousness which reconnects us with ourselves and our deepest humanity, and…

— Neel Burton

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels…

— Anonymous

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what…

— Paulo Coelho

“The paradigm experience of solitude is a state characterized by disengagement from the immediate demands of other people – a state of reduced social…

— Bella DePaulo

Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of.

— Alix Kates Shulman