Quotes About Seclusion

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely,

The need to create a citadel in which to hide from the world is characteristic of people with a schizoid disposition

Though never losing his taste for seclusion, he developed a talent for getting on with people in all walks of life, and those who came to consult or visit him were impressed as much by his courtesy and humour as by his wisdom and the quality of his mind.

No man ever will unfold the capacities of his own intellect who does not at least checker his life with solitude.' De Quincey

St Catherine of Siena spent three years in seclusion in her little room in the Via Benincasa during which she underwent a series of mystical experiences before entering upon an active life of teaching and preaching.

Biblioteket var hans tilfluktssted fra privatliv og offentlige oppgaver, fra verdens kjas og mas og samtidens uroligheter.

There are no small number of people in this world who, solitary by nature, always try to go back into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.

Meditation requires seclusion not congregation, so that a person can find the peace of mind, the pleasure of heart and the piousness of soul by understanding oneself via introspection in isolation.

The brain of a man works at a good speed in freedom, the better in seclusion and the best when not having any material attraction; but, in addition to all, great only after staying away from the woman.

The prize to a wise man from an invisible God is his regular seclusion & safe, long distance from woman; whereas the punishment to the wicked person from omnipresent Lord is a horde of people especially women around him often.

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.

They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live.

I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.

I miss those days when I could just walk around under the radar and no one really knew who I was until I wanted them to know.

I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.

When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.

Loneliness is one thing, solitude is another.

Solitude has seven skins; nothing gets through any more.

In all honesty, my favorite place to write is an anonymous, cheap hotel in a city or town where nobody knows me, the wireless service is spotty, and the adjoining gas station has coffee, beer and junk food.

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found.

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

I don't feel the breath of a thousand people over my shoulder.