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  A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Freedom

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.36, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

  Elayne Boosler

  Relationship, Humorous, Men

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The world of men has forgotten the joys of silence, the peace of solitude, which is necessary, to some extent, for the fullness of human living. Man cannot be happy for long unless he is in contact with the springs of spiritual life which are hidden in the depths of his own soul. If man is exiled constantly from his own home, locked out of his spiritual solitude, he ceases to be a true person.

  Thomas Merton

  Happy, Spiritual, Peace

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• Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

  May Sarton

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  May Sarton (2014). “Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing: A Novel”, p.92, Open Road Media

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• Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

  Franz Kafka

  Suicide, Suicidal, Solitary Life

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• Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Single, Spring, Women

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

  Stanislas de Boufflers

  Cold, Higher, Isolated

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• Nobody with me at sea but myself.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Sea

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.24

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

  Paul Gauguin

  Strong, Useless, Enough

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• Solitude is the place of purification.

  Martin Buber

  Single, Faith, Inspiration

  Martin Buber (2012). “I and Thou”, p.109, eBookIt.com

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• We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wisdom, Loneliness, Silence

  "The Weight of Glory". Book by C. S. Lewis, 1949.

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  I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Lonely, Clever

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.7, Open Road Media

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  To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

  Victor Hugo

  Thanksgiving, Prayer, Wings

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• As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude.

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton

  Military, Men, Soldier

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1886). “Human Intercourse”

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• People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.

  John Miller

  Wisdom, People, Feeling Lonely

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  Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.

  Andrea Gibson

  Inspirational, Broken Heart, Prayer

  Andrea Gibson (2018). “Take Me With You”, p.64, Penguin

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• Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

  Edward Gibbon

  Single, Wisdom, Loneliness

  Edward Gibbon (1821). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.277

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• What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

  Stendhal

  Character, Community, Human Nature

  "De l'Amour" fragment 1 (1822)

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• All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, Peace, Hipster

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• The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Being Alone, Creativity, Quiet Moments

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• I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Friendship, Relationship, Marriage

  Letter to Paula Modersohn-Becker, 12 Feb. 1902, in Gesammelte Briefe (Collected Letters, 1904) vol. 1, p. 204

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• We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.88, Cosimo, Inc.

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• My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

  Warsan Shire

  Loneliness, Being Single, Being Alone

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• In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Bridges, Giving, Making A Difference

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