33 Quotes About Solitude-as-a-choice

Solitude is the biggest medicine for once peace, It makes your heart pure and calm.

How could I ever be lonely when I am with my own best self?

Moments of solitude, rest for the soul.

Very few things in life can be so exhilarating as a cabin in the middle of the forest and loving life effortlessly while enjoying the smell of freshly ground heaven in your hot cup, in front of a fireplace... Sweet Solitude, you have taught me to live with very little. So very little it turned out to be a luxury.

Well into his thirties he dreamed of having to go to school as a grown-up, opening his desk, and rummaging inside to hide his face, “suffering over again with increased intensity the shyness and sense of disgrace of my boyhood.” And yet Wallace came to be grateful for what he called his “constitutional shyness,” which he felt had given him long periods of solitary study and a hesitancy over words that led him to avoid the verbosity that marred so many scholarly works.

Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one’s self.A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life

I am seated hereAloneA thousand miles awayFrom everybodyBut if I have myselfAnd my sanityI’ve got nothing else to lose

Solitude is better than confinement.

Social Distancing can create anxiety, loneliness, and depression. A sovereign being views Solitude as time to sand the rust off your vehicle, re-grout your shower, rake the leaves, or renovate yourself. Solitude is meditation in motion.