Solitude Quotes

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Philosopher, Writer

“Wherever on earth the religious neurosis has appeared we find it tied to three dangerous dietary demands: solitude, fasting, and sexual abstinence.”

Religious Religion Solitude

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Writer

“In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.”

Humans Solitude Break

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.”

Solitude Fine

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Jules Verne

Novelist, Playwright

“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.”

Solitude Endurance

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“There is no solitude in nature.”

Nature Solitude

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Jean Cocteau

Poet, Novelist, Playwright

“He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing the world.”

Children Mad Solitude

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Jessamyn West

Author

“It is not easy to be solitary unless you are also born ruthless. Every solitary repudiates someone.”

Easy Born Solitude

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.]”

World Character Solitude

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John Burroughs

Naturalist, Writer

“Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour of the day. And as the hermit's evening hymn goes up from the deep solitude below me, I experience that serene exaltation of sentiment of which music, literature, and religion are but the faint types and symbols.”

Solitude Twilight Hymns

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