1,686 Quotes About Solitude

If two types of attachments are pulling you in two opposite direction and you're not able to decide which way to go, take a break from both attachments. Conflict will automatically resolve. A few months of solitude can save you from lifetime of complications.

When milkman knocks at the door, you don’t have to open it. Let him leave the milk at the door. Similarly, you don’t have to react to everything people say or do in your life.

Solitude is like a river bank where the truth is waiting for you with a boat.

How shall I help myself? By withdrawing into the garret, and associating with spiders and mice, determining to meet myself face to face sooner or later. Completely silent and attentive I will be this hour, and the next, and forever.

Betrayal, it was the most solitary word of all, beyond abandonment, beyond torture, beyond hatred. It was the human act that cut the most deeply, splintering north from south and east from west.

This cold and solitude are friends of mine.

Some of us keep missing the breakthrough because we don't want to cross the bridges of growth that look like weakness, solitude, loneliness, and delay.

Yes, I'm fine; yes, I'm always fine. No, I'm not just saying that so you'll leave me alone.

Solitude is the best friend I’ve ever had.