Quotes about Solitude

Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

Money gone. Expectations dashed. Friends vanished. Who's left? God is.

Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.

Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.  Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.  Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.  Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance

Last year changed its seasons subtly, stripped its sultry winds for the reds of dying leaves, let gelid drips of winter ice melt onto a warming earth and urged the dormant bulbs to brave the pain of spring. We, loving, above the whim of time, did not notice. Alone. I remember now.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

Pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6

Build a cell inside your mind, from which you can never flee.

It is not easy to shut out the world, set aside a few minutes by yourself, and spend time in God's Word and prayer. But it is essential if we are to grow in our relationship with God and be strengthened for the battles ahead. Don't delay. Begin now to spend time alone with God every day.

Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare.

Jesus prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process.