Quotes About Solitude

Of my friends, I am the only one I have left.

Let nothing disturb the silence of this time with you, my Lord.

Alone.'Twas her destiny to be ever surrounded by others, yet ever alone.

Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.

It is quite important to withdraw from all unnecessary cares and business, as far as compatible with the duties of one's state of life, in order to enter the second mansion.

will tell you, for I am not sure if you properly understand as yet how much we owe to the Lord for bringing us to a place where we are so free from business matters, occasions of sin and the society of worldly people.

It is certain, my Lord, that in these days withdrawal from the world means no sacrifice at all.

It is certain that a man who has no need of anyone has many friends: in my own experience I have found this to be very true.

how much we owe to the Lord for bringing us to a place where we are so free from business matters, occasions of sin and the society of worldly people.

A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden.

Just before dawn I have the world all to myself.

If you can't get quiet enough to hear yourself, your life is too loud.

For those uneasy with the world, solitude is the only guarantee of confidence.

You left, and my heart is a ceaseless sermon of loneliness.

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. That is why many of the earthly miracles have had their genesis in humble surroundings."

So remembering is only one more way of being alone when the voice has gone everywhere in the dusk of the porches looking for the last thing to say.

Sometimes these days I almost think I can do without the present. The past is enough for me, it's enough for my life. Does that sound insane?

ride without a friend or two along for company.

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

La solitude n'aime pas être surprise ne déshabillé et sème autour d'elle toutes sortes d'obstacles.

La solitude n'aime pas être surprise en déshabillé et sème autour d'elle toutes sortes d'obstacles.

Should a warrior feel the need to be comforted, he simply chooses anyone or anything, be it friend, dog, or mountain, to whom he expresses his innermost feelings. It does not matter to the warrior if he is not answered, or if he is not heard, because he is not seeking to be understood or helped - by talking he is merely releasing the pressure of his battle.

The piano became a kind of flying carpet by which I could travel to an entirely different place, and I would leave the room with the half-dazed sensibility that children sometimes show when they have discovered a new and agreeable and utterly private world of their own.