Quotes About Solitude

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.

There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.

In my studio, it is unkempt and unattractive. Once I'm in my work, I don't notice where I am.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.

Everything is very quiet, the streets are never crowded, and the people one dislikes are out of town.

I have to get out of this room as soon as possible, or my own thoughts will wage war against me.

It was just enough to sit there without words.

Ritual which could entail a wedding or brushing one's teeth goes in the direction of life. Through it we reconcile our barbed solitude with rushing, irreducible conditions of life.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

Seclusion is the price of greatness.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.

During the late nights, try to walk in the empty streets with an empty mind! Light of wisdom will soon accompany you!

Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.

Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.