Quotes about Solitude

I know you'll never love me but maybe you'll stay for awhile.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

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

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

Emptiness where you wouldn't expect it speaks to you.

The myth of my solitude makes me laugh.

He imagined them sitting somewhere, just enjoying each other's company, her head on his chest, his arm around her. And he realized how desperately lonely he had become.

Some days we may feel hollow, exhausted, and joyless, not really our true selves. On such days, even if we try to be in touch with others, our efforts will be in vain. The more we try, the more we fail. When this happens, we should stop trying to be in touch with what is outside of ourselves and come back to being in touch with ourselves. We should be alone.

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. ( Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)

I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then, to see that it led to an antisocial and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punished him who gives in to it. And it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.