Solitude QuotesSolitude quotes describe a state of aloneness that is not at all lonely. It is the type of aloneness that helps us recharge our batteries and our souls. Solitude is the cradle of creation for artists and writers. Solitude is full where loneliness is empty.Read more... Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou Delight in mediation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. Buddha What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. Ellen Burstyn Spend some time alone every day. Dalai Lama I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life. Clarissa Pinkola Estes A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown. Tony Hatch Solitude is independence. Hermann Hesse Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe. Lao Tsu When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to far-off matters for some part of the time for some other part I lead them back again to the walk, the orchard, to the sweetness of this solitude, to myself. Montaigne Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among our friends and an armor against enemies. Muhammad I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. Rainer Maria Rilke Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything. Rainer Maria Rilke Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. May Sarton Language…has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone. Paul Tillich The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. John Updike The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. Voltaire For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those who are indifferent do not see others. They feel nothing for others and are unconcerned with what might happen to them. They are surrounded by a great emptiness. Filled by it, in fact. They are devoid of all hope as well as imagination. In other words, devoid of any future. Elie Wiesel In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. Virginia Woolf Return from Solitude Quotes and Quotations and Sayings about Being Alone to the Quotes Listed by Subject page
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