Solitude Quotes

"If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company" "The soul selects her own society then shuts the door " "I'm nobody Who are you " "A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone" "It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him" "Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god." "In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion" "Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right" "There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman." "We come into this world alone, and we leave the same way. The time we spend in between—time spent alive, sharing, learning together—is all that makes life worth living." "I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying." "The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone." "A date is an experience you have with another person that makes you appreciate being alone." "In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." "Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born." "It is better to be alone than in bad company" "I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own" "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean" "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself" "But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything."