Quotes About Solitude

When he grew hungry, he bought a wedge of cheese and a loaf of bread and ate them, sitting on a curb.

The late hour is such a friend; it has been for so many years.

dançava para si mesmo, um homem nu entre cegos...

Any spot where the earth kisses the clouds is a special place, a place where primal truths reveal themselves to those who've acquired the wisdom of solitude.

Being a thinker was a various thing. Sometimes you felt like a turtle, with a nice, private built-in place to shelter. Other times it was like having a bucket stuck on your head, making the world clang and echo and never stop.

No solo mantengo conversaciones conmigo misma, sino que me niego a hablar conmigo. Deben de ser los primeros síntomas de la locura.

We co-existed in peaceful detachment

La desesperada soledad de las paralelas que no se encuentran jamás

I sought peace in everything, but never was I happier than in a corner with a book

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro" (T. Kempis)

Not that he felt any particular love for himself, but his dislike of others induced him to make the best of his own company.

The advantage of a big city, move on a few meters and you find solitude again.

How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon!

of knowledge is for monks.

Tôi Ä'ã Ä'i cùng kh?p, ki?m sá»± an bình, r?t cuá»™c ch? tìm th?y nó khi ng?i ? má»™t góc phòng vá»›i má»™t quy?n sách mà thôi…

Escribía como simple juego mecánico, para reflexionar en solitario sobre sus propios errores, se engañaba pensando que no estaba «creando» porque la creación, aun cuando es fuente de error, siempre se produce por amor a alguien distinto de nosotros.

P?i, unde s? m? g?siÈ›i? Fac parte dintr-o generaÈ›ie pierdut? È™i m? reg?sesc numai când asist, în tov?r??ia altora, la singur?tatea semenilor mei.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.

I counted the days. I marked them off on the wall with a piece of coal.

In a cell like mine you very quickly become aware of your body. You can grow to hate your body. And your body is all you have: this was the curious thought that kept floating up through my rage.

Sophie; there was space

The Discipline of Solitude invites us to empty our lives and minds of constant noise and clutter so that we may be filled with the still small voice of God and that from hearing God's voice we can speak to a hurting world.

Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?

Thousands of people are being buried and no one attends the funerals,' said one of the soldiers. 'In peacetime it's the other way round: one coffin and a hundred people carrying flowers.