46 Quotes About Seclusion

Only a fraction of sane people enjoy their own company. The rest endure it.

Mastery generally requires the ability to not only tolerate but also enjoy your own company.

The farm is a base of operations–a stronghold. You can withdraw into yourself there. Solitude for reflection is an essential ingredient in self-development. I think a person has to be withdrawn into himself to gather inspiration so that he is somebody when he comes out again among folks–when he “comes to market’ with himself. He learns that he’s got to be almost wastefully alone.

Find some time to seclude yourself from the fuss of life and be face to face with yourself and God

Genuine tranquility of the heart and perfect peace of mind, the highest blessings on earth after health, are to be found only in solitude and, as a permanent disposition, only in the deepest seclusion.

The ingenious person will above all strive for freedom from pain and annoyance, for tranquility and leisure, and consequently seek a quiet, modest life, as undisturbed as possible, and accordingly, after some acquaintance with so-called human beings, choose seclusion and, if in possession of a great mind, even solitude. For the more somebody has in himself, the less he needs from the outside and the less others can be to him. Therefore, intellectual distinction leads to unsociability.

The wise oyster stays in its shell.

If loneliness bothers you when you’re alone then you have always been a bad company to yourself and to others.

I could not see other human beings at present.