Quotes About Solitude

I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

It is absurd of us to rely on the company of our fellows, as wretched and helpless as we are; they will not help us; we shall die alone. We must act then as if we were alone. If that were so, would we build superb houses, etc.? We should unhesitatingly look for the truth. And, if we refuse, it shows that we have a higher regard for men's esteem than for pursuing the truth.

I have often said that the sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

I have often said the soul cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in a room. (Page 32)

Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.

The sole case of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room

Hence it comes that men so much love noise and stir; hence it comes that the prison is so horrible a punishment; hence it comes that the pleasure of solitude is a thing incomprehensible. And it is in fact the greatest source of happiness in the condition of kings, that men try incessantly to divert them, and to procure for them all kinds of pleasures.

VÅ¡etky problémy ?udstva pramenia z neschopnosti ?loveka sedieÃ…Â¥ v miestnosti ticho a sám.

all of man's problems come from the inability to sit quietly in a room.

all humanity's problems stem from an inability to sit in a quiet room alone." Johnson, Fenton. At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life (p. 229). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.

All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.

Les misères de tous les hommes tirent de ne pas être en mesure de s'asseoir dans une pièce calme seul.

Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos dans une chambre.

All human troubles derive from our inability to sit still and alone in a room.

Todas las miserias de la humanidad se deben a una sola cosa: a que somos incapaces de estar sentados solos y en silencio en una habitación

Todos los problemas de la humanidad parten de la incapacidad humana de sentarse calmado en una habitación.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone

J'ay souvent dit, que tout le malheur des hommes vient de ne sçavoir pas se tenir en repos dans une chambre.

Ä°nsanoÄŸlunun tüm mutsuzluÄŸu tek ba??na sessizce bir odada oturamamaktan kaynaklan?r.

It's easier to be me than someone else. But just like most famous people, I just want to be left alone most of the time.

Wagon Train was on. It seemed to be beaming in from some foreign country. I shut that off, too, and went into another room, a windowless one with a painted door--a dark cavern with a floor-to-ceiling library. I switched on the lamps. The place had an overpowering presence of literature and you couldn't help but lose your passion for dumbness.

why be bothered with other people's set-ups? it only leads to torture.

There's always one more notch and four more aces Billy, and you're playin' all alone.

well, the comic book and me, just us, we caught the bus.