Quotes by Solitude It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core. Anne Morrow Lindbergh core my-own solitude What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it—like a secret vice! Anne Morrow Lindbergh solitude practice civilization It is a difficult lesson to learn today-to leave one's friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or a day or a week. And yet, once it is done, I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before. Anne Morrow Lindbergh solitude practice art Loners, if you catch them, are well worth the trouble. Not dulled by excess human contact, nor blasé or focused on your crotch while jabbering about themselves, loners are curious, vigilant, full of surprises. They do not cling. Separate wherever they go, awake or asleep, they shimmer with the iridescence of hidden things seldom seen. Anneli Rufus loner being-alone solitude To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths. Anodea Judith solitude limits honor To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. Anthony Burgess modern solitude world I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people. Anthony Hopkins solitude personality people I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where I was ... some deep discontent within myself, actually some deep dislike of myself. Anthony Hopkins pain solitude loneliness A place of solitude offers a retreat from the opposing forces and diverse demands of living, an entry into a state of peace and unity. Mind and body can retire from confusion and conflict to a sanctuary of clarity and harmony Anthony Lawlor unity solitude confusion In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support. Anthony Storr support emotional solitude Imagination flourishes best in solitude. Anthony Storr solitude imagination It is hard to conceive that the old, whose thoughts have been all thought out, should ever love to live alone. Solitude is surely for the young, who have time before them for the execution of schemes, and who can, therefore, take delight in thinking Anthony Trollope execution solitude thinking In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude. Antoine de Saint-Exupery solitude bridges giving When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest. Antonio Porchia solitude order needs Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. Aphra Behn jealousy solitude secret Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Aristotle being-alone solitude loneliness Solitude was no reason for sloppiness Armistead Maupin sloppiness solitude reason Far from the madding crowd is a mistake on a honeymoon.... Solitude! Wherever you are, if you're on a honeymoon, you'll get quite as much solitude as is good for you every twenty-four hours. Constant change and distraction -- that's what wants arranging for. Solitude will arrange itself. Arnold Bennett four solitude mistake Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily. Arthur Brisbane crowds hours solitude Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests. Arthur C. Clarke solitude artist mind «1234567891011»
