Solitude is independence.
Herman HesseAll alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot!
Dr. SeussShould a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.
BuddhaHuman beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.
Paulo CoelhoI have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.
Kahlil GibranSolitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
MoliereAs you simplify your life the laws of the universe will be simpler, solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Henry David ThoreauThe more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Aldous HuxleySolitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
James Russell LowellIn Genesis it says that it is not good for a man to be alone, but sometimes it is a great relief.
John BarrymoreThen stirs the feeling infinite so felt, In solitude where we are least alone.
Lord ByronGod is absence. God is the solitude of man.
Jean-Paul SartreWomen need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
Barbara de AngelisI love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David ThoreauSolitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
Thomas MertonThe biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother TeresaIf you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.
Mother TeresaWe can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.
Mother Teresa