Solitude Quotes - Page 8

The soul contains few secrets and longings which cannot be sensibly discussed, analyzed, and polled. Solitude, the very condition which sustained the individual against and beyond his society, has become technically impossible. Logical and linguistic analysis demonstrate that the old metaphysical problems are illusory problems; the quest for the "meaning" of things can be reformulated as the quest for the meaning of words, and the established universe of discourse and behavior can provide perfectly adequate criteria for the answer.

Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude.

Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

The higher we rise, the more isolated we become; all elevations are cold.

In a soulmate we find not company but a completed solitude.

What remains is solitude.

Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.

Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of an invulnerable singularity.

Silence and solitude, the soul's best friends.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.

Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

There are reveries so deep, reveries which help us descend so deeply within ourselves that they rid us of our history. They liberate us from our name. These solitudes of today return us to the original solitudes.

I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where I was ... some deep discontent within myself, actually some deep dislike of myself.

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

If I were to choose among all gifts and qualities that which, on the whole, makes life pleasantest, I should select the love of children. No circumstance can render this world wholly a solitude to one who has this possession

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

I am not a joiner. Somewhere I once said that people join clubs now for the very reason they once carried them, a need for security. Maybe I'm alone more often than I should be, because I try to find security within myself.

There are times when you seek your solitude, and your solitude just wants to be left alone.

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.

It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.

Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength, intelligence and vitality. But it should be practiced properly in solitude and with care.