Solitude Quotes
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Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
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A place of solitude offers a retreat from the opposing forces and diverse demands of living, an entry into a state of peace and unity. Mind and body can retire from confusion and conflict to a sanctuary of clarity and harmony.
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Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.
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When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.
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This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!
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The most important education you get is your own - the one you learn in solitude.
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The most incredible thing is that so much happens outside of the will. You can't will anything. Not even solitude is an act of will. You simply endure it. You must hold on until the very end, without weakening. You can do nothing else. But you must not believe that because you accept being nothing, you are anyone special.
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
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Transgression is a quest for solitude.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude.
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In solitude, when we are least alone.
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Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary excitement of the sense. Accordingly, we find that imagination is active just in proportion as our sense are not excited by external objects. A long period of solitude, whether in prison or in a sick room; quiet, twilight, darkness-these are the things that promote its activity; and under their influence it comes into play of itself.
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Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin against solitude.
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Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.
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Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of.
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I love solitude, but I prize it most when plenty of company is available.
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Quiet time and solitude are vital to helping me keep perspective. I consider myself fortunate to have so much quiet built into my profession. I spend long hours by myself at my easel. And while I work, I think-of the future, of my loved ones, of God's goodness and the many exciting opportunities that surround me. I ponder the challenges I face, the needs of others, the direction my life is going.
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I didn't choose solitude.
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I and my bosom must debate awhile, and then I would no other company.
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Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.
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Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.
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God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man.
