Quotes About Introspection

Solitude is independence.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid.

Why do people avoid being alone? Because only few are in good company when left with themselves.

I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

Writing is an antidote for loneliness.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

When you die, i.e., when your physical body is finished with this earth ... and your astral entity goes on to the astral world ... it has to stand alone and answer for successes and failures.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.

Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.

There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

Let's leave it all alone. I'm stupidest when I try to be funny.

The thing I worry about for myself is I spend a lot of time alone, and another person comes around and you're like, 'What are you doing here? Get out of here.

Spend some time alone every day.

I am left alone on the surface of a turning planet.

I'm gonna go live in a cave, just completely live in my interior world.

The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?