Quotes about Solitude
Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.
— Edith Wharton
I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.
— Ayn Rand
Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable.
— Joseph Brodsky
So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
— Mark 6:32
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'
— CS Lewis
I shall never forget you. I have never forgotten anyone whom I once knew. My life has never been crowded, and seems not likely to be so.
— George Eliot
Let there always be quiet, dark churches in which men can take refuge.
— Thomas Merton
Pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6
— Beth Moore
The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy.
— John Keats
Bare heights of loneliness...a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.
— Amy Carmichael
I aint drinkin after no mule, said the hermit. Have you not got no old bucket nor nothin?
— Cormac McCarthy
Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.
— Thomas Merton