Solitude Quotes
48 quotations about Solitude
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.
A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.
Solitude is as needed to the imagination as society is wholesome to the character.
Two Paradises t'were in one, to live in Paradise alone.
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.
An artist is always alone -- if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Solitude begets whimsies.
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
Life without a friend is death without a witness.
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
The strong man is strongest when alone.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Solitude is the despair of fools, the torment of the wicked, and the joy of the good.
May God be gracious to each lonely one who walks in silence towards the setting sun.
You have already failed if you need a lot of inspectors.
Go away, I'm all right!