Quotes About Solitude

He wasn't strong. He was weak. The weakest thing in the world. A man who lives only for himself

Even in the desolate wilderness, stars can still shine.

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library

That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

And he left me to dreams that were anything but sweet.

Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.

From the masthead one can see a few patches of open water in different directions, but the main outlook is the same scene of desolate hummocky pack.

Silence is medication for sorrow.

Whole years will be spent, underneath these impossible stars, when dirt's the only animal who will sleep with you & touch you with its mouth.

But like many who are lonely, I was more preoccupied with others than were those who lived to socialize...Everyone I hated was always with me, even when I was alone. They had to be, for I had to remember what and why I hated in order to remind myself to stay away from them.

We knock upon silence for an answering music.

Go to hell, I'm reading!

You whom the soldiers beat, You who are all but dead, How the gods love you And I, alone in the dark, I was promised the light.

And then in response to a reply audible to no one but him, Gwilherm de Vannes, bravest of men, gave one last contented sigh and closed his eyes.

People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills, when it is possible for you to retreat into yourself any time you want. There

Like dropping through a hole in everything that the world said was important….Like discovering that nothing else mattered and all I needed was now….Temporarily removed from the game….Like floating weightless on the Dead Sea and looking up at an empty sky.

People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills Ã¢â'¬Â¦ There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind.… So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself. —MARCUS AURELIUS

is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind.… 

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

Ensomhet, sier du. Det er greit med litt ensomhet bare det ikke blir for mye. Da åpner jeg døren og roper ut i natten: kom inn kom inn – her er ensomhet nok for to! ja for fire! Og på riktig ille dager brøler jeg: her er ensomhet nok for et helt orkester!

Please, no one touch my heart. Don't touch it. Don't notice anything. No one has to know what my heart is feeling. I decided that I wouldn't turn back. That's why I threw everything away. So, don't you ever say, "I'm lonely.

Traindu-si varsta singur si salbatic.