Quotes About Solitude

Bough of a tree to the rain . . ." he turns the phrase over in his mouth as if it were fine wine, trying to guess its vintage, realizing somewhat indifferently that it is beyond him.

It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before.

No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another.

Seems to me you LIKE bein' lonesome, observed Cap'n Bill. I can't say I like it, exactly, replied the Duck, but since it seems to be my fate, I'm rather proud of it.

I think it is because I have a habit, when I am bored or disgusted with people of stepping suddenly into my own world and shutting the door. People resent this -- I suppose it is only natural to resent a door being shut in your face. They call it slyness when it is only self-defense.

Well, in a way she might be right. It might be better if he were married...It all came back to the fact that he was sure nobody would ever understand him as well as he understood himself.

I just have a relationship with my imagination. It's like my friend, almost.

It's easier to just be single and not have a relationship.

Relationship is the need of those who cannot be alone. Two alone persons relate, communicate, commune, and yet they remain alone.

I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it's better to be alone than in a lousy relationship.

Marriage will not solve "aloneness."

The fact is he [John F.Kennedy] always had to have somebody around besides Jackie [Kennedy]. Whatever their relationship, he wanted company. I think it gets back to all those years in a hospital bed.

Even the best of friends need time apart.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

Religion is what a person does in his solitariness.

Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.

First inclination is to become a monk and leave the situation.