Quotes about Solitude

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

Unfortunately, large cities don't have a monopoly on loneliness. It can be found in small towns as well. Loneliness can be found everywhere there are people.

I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.

When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.

No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his 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.