Quotes on solitude
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
Hoffer, Eric
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.
Hugo, Victor
Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Thoreau, Henry David
We visit others as a matter of social obligation. How long has it been since we have visited with ourselves?
Adler, Morris
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.
Buck, Pearl S.
The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.
Mannes, Marya
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
LeShan, Eda
No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.
Kerouac, Jack
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
Muir, John
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
Thoreau, Henry David
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
Hansberry, Lorraine
It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.
Jong, K.T.
It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
Rilke, Rainer Maria