Quotes about Solitude

So what do you want? Does what happens inside show on the outside? There is such a great fire in one's soul, and yet nobody ever comes to warm themselves there, and passersby see nothing but a little smoke coming from the top of the chimney, and go on their way.

For me, life may well continue in solitude. I have never perceived those to whom I have been most attached other than as through a glass, darkly.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

Stand for right, even if you stand alone.

He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of comrades is much countenance and consolation.

I relish the sense of being alone with nature, knowing that of all people in the world only I am hearing these sounds in this place. The tranquil mood feels vaguely religious, what I should be feeling in church but rarely do. In

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what's really important and what isn't. As writer and Catholic priest Henri J. M. Nouwen observed, "When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.

When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.