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Quotes about Solitude

There was no life above the surface anyway.
- Ted Dekker
We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
- Brennan Manning
As a fringe benefit, practicing silent solitude enables us to sleep less and to feel more energetic. The energy expended in the impostor's exhausting pursuit of illusory happiness is now available to be focused on the things that really matter—love, friendship, and intimacy with God.
- Brennan Manning
Silence is not simply the absence of noise or the shutdown of communication with the outside world, but rather a process of coming to stillness.
- Brennan Manning
A strange feeling comes over you, when you see the silent candle burning.
- Brennan Manning
Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.
- Brennan Manning
Solitude begins with a time and a place for God, and God alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that God is actively present in our lives-- healing, teaching and guiding-- we need to set aside a time and space to give God our undivided attention. (Matt 6:6)
- Henri Nouwen
In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.
- Henri Nouwen
In solitude I get rid of my scaffolding... Solitude molds self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their own great sinfulness and so fully aware of God's even greater mercy that their life itself becomes ministry.
- Henri Nouwen
Loneliness is painful; Solitude is peaceful. Loneliness makes us cling to others in desperation; solitude allows us to respect others in their uniqueness and create community...
- Henri Nouwen
I have found over and over again how hard it is to be truly faithful to Jesus when I am alone.
- Henri Nouwen
The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion.
- Henri Nouwen