Quotes about Solitude

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me.

The ingenious person will above all strive for freedom from pain and annoyance, for tranquility and leisure, and consequently seek a quiet, modest life, as undisturbed as possible, and accordingly, after some acquaintance with so-called human beings, choose seclusion and, if in possession of a great mind, even solitude. For the more somebody has in himself, the less he needs from the outside and the less others can be to him. Therefore, intellectual distinction leads to unsociability.

It is the monotony of his own nature that makes a man find solitude intolerable.

Despair and isolation are my greatest internal enemies. I need to remember I am not alone, even when it feels that way. Now more than ever it is time to put my solitary ways behind me, even while protecting my solitude.

I had discovered a new world called voluntary aloneness.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not look defiant. He looked impersonal and calm. He was not like a public figure in a public place; he was like a man alone in his own room, listening to the radio.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.