“We need society, and we need
solitude, also, as we need summer
and winter, day and night,
exercise and rest.”
~ Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Passion is Formed in Solitude
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Row Your Own Boat
“Solitude is not the same
as loneliness. Solitude is a
solitary boat floating in a sea
of possible companions.”
~ Robert Fulghum
Loneliness or Solitude
“Loneliness expresses the pain
of being alone and
Solitude expresses the glory
of being alone.”
~ Paul Tillich
The Need for Solitude
“In solitude
the mind gains strength
and learns to lean
upon itself.”
~ Laurence Sterne
In Front of the Sea
“To go out with
the setting sun
on an empty beach
is to truly embrace
your solitude.”
~ Jeanne Moreau
The Beauty in Glass
“That we find a crystal
or a poppy beautiful
means that we are less alone,
that we are more deeply inserted
into existence than
the course of a single life
would lead us to believe.”
~ John Berger
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