“We need society, and we need
solitude, also, as we need summer
and winter, day and night,
exercise and rest.”
~ Philip Gilbert Hamerton
“We need society, and we need
solitude, also, as we need summer
and winter, day and night,
exercise and rest.”
~ Philip Gilbert Hamerton
“Solitude is not the same
as loneliness. Solitude is a
solitary boat floating in a sea
of possible companions.”
~ Robert Fulghum
“Loneliness expresses the pain
of being alone and
Solitude expresses the glory
of being alone.”
~ Paul Tillich
“In solitude
the mind gains strength
and learns to lean
upon itself.”
~ Laurence Sterne
“To go out with
the setting sun
on an empty beach
is to truly embrace
your solitude.”
~ Jeanne Moreau
“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