Quotes About Solitude

There are times when silence is better than any other words in the dictionary...

Many tell me that when; ALONE, they discover 'good company'.

Entre dos peñas feroces, un fraile daba voces».

Withdrawn into the peace of this desert, along with some books, few but wise, I live in conversation with the deceased, and listen to the dead with my eyes

Retirado en la paz de estos desiertos, con pocos, pero doctos libros juntos, vivo en conversación con los difuntos, y escucho con mis ojos a los muertos. Si no siempre entendidos, siempre abiertos, o enmiendan, o fecundan mis asuntos; y en músicos callados contrapuntos al sueño de la vida hablan despiertos.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

He talked to himself because there weren't many people as learned as he, and he liked to talk to learned people.

Only the effort of walking calmed me, and allowed me to think at all. p 227

Life is a dinner party without a host. And, frequently, without a dinner party either.

I'd love to get youOn a slow boat to China.All to myself alone.

It's lovely to know that the world can't interfere with the inside of your head.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humour is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world's wilderness.

Writing too was a mighty consumer of energy, besides a task one often went to with reluctance - not solely on account of its difficulty, but because every problem encountered had to be wrestled with in solitude.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

then, the library had tentatively reassured me that, however isolated I felt, I was not alone.

Don't be afraid to talk to yourself. It's the only way you can be sure somebody's listening.

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.