Quotes about Solitude

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those most sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

Why should I keep holiday / When other men have none? / Why but because, when these are gay, / I sit and mourn alone? / And why, when mirth unseals all tongues, / Should mine alone be dumb? / Ah! late I spoke to silent throngs, / And now their hour is come.

I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the noble-minded, as from time to time they pass my gate.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone

If a person is constantly reading and absorbing the thoughts of others, their growth will be stunted. In order to fully develop, we need periods of solitude, self-inquiry, and recovery.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.

Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.

Lose yourself in nature and find peace.

The Holy Spirit showed me that when I put up walls to keep others out I also wall myself into solitary place of confinement.