Quotes about Solitude
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
— Henry David Thoreau
Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.
— Henri Nouwen
Don't depend on anyone too much. Even your shadow leaves when it's dark.
— Anonymous
If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.
— John F. Kennedy
In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.
— Henri Nouwen
There are worse places to be than on your own.
— Ernest Hemingway
I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.
— Ellen Glasgow
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
— Mother Teresa
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
— John of the Cross
If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
— Dr. Seuss
Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine
— Ralph Waldo Emerson