Quotes about Solitude

You are at your best, Ann, when you are alone with God. That's probably true of every Christian to one degree or another.

Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of time to simply Be. Experiencing silence means periodically withdrawing from the activity of speech. It also means periodically withdrawing from such activities as watching television, listening to the radio, or reading a book. If you never give yourself the opportunity to experience silence, this creates turbulence in your internal dialogue.

Two journeys had to be made without companions: the journey to your death and the one to enlightenment.

No one else, however much you love and adore the person, sees the true significance of your private epiphanies. The secret belongs to you, with you, in you.

The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

It's no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,' she muttered.

I have fled my country and gone to the heather.

In all of England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect misanthropist's Heaven

The longer he stood, the plainer his reflections revealed their blackness through his features.

It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!

Be with me always, Take any form, Drive me mad, only don't leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you