Quotes About Solitude

the first proof of a stable mind is its ability to stay in one place and enjoy its own company

J'ai consulté mon téléphone: je n'avais aucun message. C'est à cela que servent les téléphones portables, à se rendre compte que personne ne pense à vous. Avant, on pouvait toujours rêver que quelqu'un cherchait à vous joindre, à vous parler, à vous aimer. Nous vivons maintenant avec cet objet qui matérialise notre solitude.

Elle sortit subitement prendre l'air. Je pense souvent à cette expression "prendre l'air". Cela veut dire que l'on va ailleurs, pour le trouver. Cela veut dire littéralement : où je suis, je m'asphyxie.

He was alone in the world, and the world was Natalie. Usually

La necesidad de estar solo se considera a veces como un comportamiento antisocial.

Elle veut que personne ne l'aime. Personne, sauf elle.

Le mieux est d'éviter de nouer des relations. Car rien ne dure.

Non, je n'ai rien caché. Après toi, il n'y a eu personne. J'aurais pu, mais je n'ai jamais pu.

Le sommeil est le seul endroit où elle semble être à l'abri d'elle-même.

Neviens neklaus?s cilv?kos, kuri apgalvo, ka v?las b?t vieni. V?lme p?c vienatnes noteikti ir slim?ga tieksme.

Le corps dominait seul son royaume, celui des émotions et de la durée des chagrins.

Il avait imaginé que le temps et l'éloignement lui permettraient de panser sa douleur.

No vives solo, sino con una ausencia.

On ne vit pas seul mais avec une absence.

The secret place where we encounter God in a truly transformational way is in our inner self. Prayer is meeting God in the darkness and solitude of that secret place. Nothing less than such an encounter with God in the depths of our soul will provide access to the deep knowing of both God and self that is our true home.

Jesus' understanding of his vocation came out of wrestling with God, himself and the devil in the solitude of the wilderness.8 Resisting the temptations to a false self based on power, prestige or possessions, Jesus chose his true identity as the deeply loved Son of God.

What I want to preserve are not just beautiful places but the possibility that an individual can, in this overheated, overcrowded world, find a place to be quiet and alone. To have their own freedom. Is this really too much to ask? Shouldn't there be a few places left to get away from motors? From the incessant roar of machines?

One thing I know is that the inward way is not the way," he said. "That's a trap. Anything that gets you outside of yourself is good. Don't look inside for salvation. Go spend a little time alone in the wilderness.

It's just that I'm curious, that's all. He usually walks alone" "Yeah, he's a loner, all right," the waitress murmured. "Even when he's with someone, he's alone.

Poetry is anything you read out loud alone.

In American prisons, which are extraordinarily violent places, the most vicious form of punishment is simply to lock a person in an empty room for years with absolutely nothing to do. This emptying of any possibility of communication or meaning is the real essence of what violence really is or does.

Sorgen dömer den levande till en ensamhet utan like, som ensamheten i vilken sjukdomen innesluter den sjuke -

Sprofondò in se stessa, cancellando tutto quello che le stava attorno, quel peso opprimente e insopportabile. Fuggì, anche se nessuno se ne accorse.

Cosa credi? Che voglia stare sola? Ma sono fatta così, non riesco ad avvicinarmi veramente a nessuno. È un dato di fatto. È come se mi mancasse quella parte d'anima che si incastra negli altri, come nel Lego. Che si unisce veramente a qualcun altro. Alla fine tutto cade a pezzi. Famiglia, amici. Non resta più niente.