Quotes About Solitude

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world.

I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am.

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God.

I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.

To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.

This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.

What e'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time.

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.

I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.

Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same time.

I'm fond of human beings, but only one at a time.

I thank the Lord for the night time.

My soul often mourned of more time and opportunity to be alone with God

I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long. So it's actually kind of nice to go home to a hotel and be alone and unwind.

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

If you're being ignored, that's a good time to concentrate on finding yourself and creating your own mystery.

People ask all the time, "What are you thinking?" It's my least favorite question in the world. The last bastion of solace is my mind. It's an invasion.

Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence?

Never having alone time is real tough on people.