Quotes About Solitude

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice. Then later on I shall be all the stronger. Who besides me will ever read these letters? From whom but myself shall I get comfort? As I need comforting often, I frequently feel weak and dissatisfied with myself; my shortcomings are too great. I know this, and every day I try to improve myself, again and again.

I can't keep that up...finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and what I could be, if...there weren't any other people living in the world.

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.

Inténtalo tú también, alguna vez que te sientas solo y desdichado o triste y estés en la buhardilla cuando haga un tiempo tan hermoso. No mires las casas y los tejados, sino al cielo. Mientras puedas mirar al cielo sin temor, sabrás que eres puro por dentro y que, pase lo que pase, volverás a ser feliz.

Whenever you're feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. Not at the houses and the rooftops, but at the sky. As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that you're pure within and will find happiness once more.

As long as this exists," I thought, "this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?" The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.

You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's one and only.

Nine o'clock in the evening.

want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend Kitty.

I mean that most people, married or single, stand inwardly alone

Mientras exista este sol y este cielo tan despejado, y pueda yo verlo —pensé—, no podré estar triste.» Para todo el que tiene miedo, está solo o se siente desdichado, el mejor remedio es salir al aire libre, a algún sitio en donde poder estar totalmente solo, solo con el cielo, con la naturaleza y con Dios.

Para todo el que tiene miedo, está solo o se siente desdichado, el mejor remedio es salir al aire libre, a algún sitio en donde poder estar totalmente solo, solo con el cielo, con la naturaleza y con Dios.

Alguna vez que te sientas solo y desdichado o triste y estés en la buhardilla cuando haga un tiempo tan hermoso. No mires las casas y los tejados, sino al cielo. Mientras puedas mirar al cielo sin temor, sabrás que eres puro dentro y que, pase lo que pase, volverás a ser feliz.

Pode estar-se sozinho mesmo quando se é amado por muitas pessoas, quando não se é realmente a pessoa mais importante do mundo para ninguém.

An empty day, though clear and bright. Is just as dark as any night.

I don't want the person I confide in to be around me all the time. When will I untangle my jumbled thoughts? When will I find inner peace again?

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity. […] I firmly believe that nature can bring confort to all who suffer.

You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's "one and only.

Let me get away, away from everything, away from this world.

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.

You can be lonely even when you're loved by many people, since you're still not anybody's 'one and only'.

ponen muy sentimentales cuando están juntos, y yo prefiero serlo cuando estoy sola. Y luego hablan de lo bien que estamos y que nos llevamos los cuatro, y de que somos una familia muy unida, pero en ningún momento se les ocurre pensar en que yo no lo siento así.

I want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend Kitty.

At seven-thirty we too closed the door behind us; Moortje, my cat, was the only living creature I said good-bye to.