1,686 Quotes About Solitude

  • Author Samuel Beckett
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    VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.ESTRAGON: And now?VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .(Gloomy.) There I am again.

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    #irrationality #loneliness #love #nonsense #solitude
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VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.ESTRAGON: And now?VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .(Gloomy.) There I am again.

-Samuel Beckett

  • Author Stephen Grosz
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    En otras palabras, la fantasías paranoides son perturbadoras, pero también son un mecanismo de defensa. Nos protegen de un desastre emocional mayor; a saber, el sentimiento de que nadie se preocupa por nosotros, de que no le importamos a nadie.

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    #paranoia #soledad #solitude
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En otras palabras, la fantasías paranoides son perturbadoras, pero también son un mecanismo de defensa. Nos protegen de un desastre emocional mayor; a saber, el sentimiento de que nadie se preocupa por nosotros, de que no le importamos a nadie.

-Stephen Grosz

For some people, empty streets are a horror, for others empty streets are a joy! It's all about hating or enjoying solitude!

-Mehmet Murat ildan

She’s like an exotic dream in my sleep, the oasis in my solitude, that I want to dream and keep on dreaming because I’m afraid I won’t dream of her again when I wake up.

-Danny Castillones Sillada

  • Author Padmasambhava
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    Regarding the straying of the dwelling place, it is generally taught that in order to perfect ultimate realization of the view someone who has a temporary realization of it should go to a secluded open area, such as a mountain retreat or a charnel ground. You may temporarily possess the view, but in order to sustain it, you must stay in mountain hermitages. An unwholesome dwelling place may indeed cause your view to go astray.

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    #awakening #buddhism #enlightenment #seclusion #solitude
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Regarding the straying of the dwelling place, it is generally taught that in order to perfect ultimate realization of the view someone who has a temporary realization of it should go to a secluded open area, such as a mountain retreat or a charnel ground. You may temporarily possess the view, but in order to sustain it, you must stay in mountain hermitages. An unwholesome dwelling place may indeed cause your view to go astray.

-Padmasambhava

  • Author Padmasambhava
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    Associate with companions who are in harmony with the Dharma and who don't promote disturbing emotions. Keeping company with unwholesome friends, you cannot possibly avoid being influenced by their evil ways. That is the root of going astray […] Tsogyal, if you want to avoid this way of going astray, cut your ties to superfluous companions and remain in solitude!

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    #aloneness #companionship #dharma #solitude
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Associate with companions who are in harmony with the Dharma and who don't promote disturbing emotions. Keeping company with unwholesome friends, you cannot possibly avoid being influenced by their evil ways. That is the root of going astray […] Tsogyal, if you want to avoid this way of going astray, cut your ties to superfluous companions and remain in solitude!

-Padmasambhava

Tsogyal, if you want to practice the Dharma in an authentic way, it is most important to cut your ties to unwholesome places, companions, and so forth. So give them up!

-Padmasambhava

Je ne savais pas encore quOn ne peut plus rire quand on est tout seul. On peut monologuer, on parle souvent tout haut, mais étrangement, le rire ne se produit plus.

-Benoîte Groult

If love and friendship makes you unhappy, try solitude.

-Michael Bassey Johnson

 

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