Quotes About Solitude

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

On all the peaks lies peace.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself; it is a child of solitude.

By Fortune's adverse buffets overborne To solitude I fled, to wilds forlorn, And not in utter loneliness to live, Myself at last did to the Devil give!

Laisse le grand monde aller son train sonore, nous autres nicherons ici en silence.

Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh, In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Vögelein schweigen in Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.

Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.

Ah, lo que yo sé, lo puede saber cualquiera: mi corazón lo tengo yo solamente.

Ay de mí! Este vacío, este horrible vacío que siente mi alma... Muchas veces me digo: "Si pudiera un momento, uno solo estrecharla contra mi corazón, todo este vacío se llenaría.

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

The most evident quality of human life is its loneliness.

No matter how reclusive we tend to be, we picture the after-life as a community of souls. It is one thing to seek privacy in this life; it is another to face eternity alone.

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing.

When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.

I realized... that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was doing.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts.

The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and my dog, I don't talk to anybody, and I just write.

I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death.

One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.

I am not without an object in life, but I feel lonely and deserted.