Quotes about Solitude
I am no longer alone with myself, and I can only artificially recall the scary and beautiful feeling of solitude. This is the shadow side of the fortune of love.
— Carl Jung
Our two first parents, yet the only two of mankind, in the happy garden placed, reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.
— John Milton
Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.
— Francis Chan
I love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.
— Thomas Merton
Money gone. Expectations dashed. Friends vanished. Who's left? God is.
— Max Lucado
Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.
— Max Lucado
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
— Maya Angelou
she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance
— Maya Angelou
Last year changed its seasons subtly, stripped its sultry winds for the reds of dying leaves, let gelid drips of winter ice melt onto a warming earth and urged the dormant bulbs to brave the pain of spring. We, loving, above the whim of time, did not notice. Alone. I remember now.
— Maya Angelou
Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.
— Beth Moore
Pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6
— Beth Moore