Quotes about Solitude

A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

Far from the world I walk, and from all care.

The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window.

I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.

smoking had come to be an important punctuation mark in the long sentence of a day on the road.

And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.

Books mean more than people to me anyway.

But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone - he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.