Solitude Quotes - Page 12

There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.

I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.

Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.

There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.

The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it.

The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any difference between the internal and the external, between the intellectual and the physical.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul.

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.

Solitude is the playfield of Satan.

i am a trickster who doesn't know solitude

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

When we begin to look around us, to observe individuals and societies, and to study philosophies and religions, we realize that our loneliness is shared. Our solitude is plural, and our singularity is the similarity between us.

The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.

If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.

I can be alone without being lonely. In fact, those times of solitude are necessary respite for a beleaguered soul, set upon by the pressures of life. I need to take whatever moments I can to just be still.

I chose the shadows; they did not choose me. I stay here securely not just because I feel plain, but because disappearance is by now the easy way. The habit. The worn path that I can trod knowingly and be assured safe passage home.

Solitude is a courageous encounter with our naked, most raw and real self, in the presence of pure love.

Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world, a world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans.

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.

Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do well, you do well wherever you are. If you fail, you fail wherever you are. Your surroundings don't matter. God is with you everywhere -- in the market place as well as in seclusion or in the church. If you look for nothing but God, nothing or no one can disturb you. God is not distracted by a multitude of things. Nor can we be.

One must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may be.