Solitude Quotes
Words on the value of quiet, undisturbed time.
These solitude quotes describe the night as the best time for writing in silence, and argue for cultivating a few sincere friends over constant social noise. See related lines under Peace.
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
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Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.
Emotion Quotes
I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.
Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...
Identity Quotes
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.
I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter....
There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
Peace Quotes
For a writer, for the solitude to write, you don't need a room of your own, you need a house.
Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
Reflection Quotes
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
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One entry playfully notes that being alone only becomes truly rewarding once there's a friend nearby to appreciate it with you. Continue with our Reflection quotes for more quiet, thoughtful lines.
