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"There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude. If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped."
Author:     Jeffrey Kottler Category:     Solitude

"Solitude: a sweet absence of looks."
Author:     Milan Kundera Category:     Solitude

"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."
Author:     Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Category:     Solitude

"To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self."
Author:     Hamilton Mabie Category:     Solitude

"Solitude begets whimsies."
Author:     Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Category:     Solitude

"If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right."
Author:     Jules Renard Category:     Solitude

"Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and Lincoln never saw a movie, heard a radio, or looked at a TV They had loneliness and knew what to do with it. They were not afraid of being lonely because they knew that was when the creative mood in them would mark."
Author:     Carl Sa Category:     Solitude

"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself."
Author:     Laurence Sterne Category:     Solitude

"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment."
Author:     Henry David Thoreau Category:     Solitude

"You have already failed if you need a lot of inspectors."
Author:     Source Unknown Category:     Solitude


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