Solitude Quotes

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Philosopher, Statesman

“But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness.”

Real Solitude True Friend

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Margaret Fuller

Transcendentalist, Writer

“If any individual live too much in relations, so that he becomes a stranger to the resources of his own nature, he falls, after a while, into a distraction, or imbecility, from which he can only be cured by a time of isolation, which gives the renovating fountains time to rise up.”

Giving Fall Solitude

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Hannah

Unknown

“In solitude a dialogue always arises, because even in solitude there are always two.”

Two Solitude

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Geoffrey Hill

Poet

“Platonic England, house of solitudes, rests in its laurels and its injured stone”

House Solitude

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist

“Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.”

Lost Solitude Immense

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James A. Baldwin

Writer

“If you really want to know something about solitude, become famous.”

Want Knows

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.”

Solitude Usefulness

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

“He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that imagines himself so necessary that other people cannot live without him is a great deal more mistaken.”

People Solitude Society

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George Carlin

Comedian, Actor

“I'm not collegial, I don't hang out. I'm soloist, I like my solitude, I don't really hang around with comedians.”

Solitude Comedian Hanging Out

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“If you start with community and want to be faithful to community, you have to realize that what binds you together is not mutual compatibility or common tasks, but God. In order to stay in touch with that call to community, we always have to return to solitude.”

Order Community Solitude

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

“Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.”

Profound Solitude Emergencies

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George R. R. Martin

Novelist, Screenwriter

“If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.”

Ifs Solitude Armor

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