Quotes on Solitude

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.
Robert Cecil

Only in quiet waters do thing mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.
Hans Margolius

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.
George Herbert

We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ~Helen
Hayes

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
Colette

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Jeremy Collier

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.
Anna Neagle

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
Dag Hammarskjold

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
Paul Valery