“As individuals each of us is extremely isolated, while at the same time we are linked by a prototypical memory.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn't find it painful to be alone.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Be alone, and you will feel that it is better to be with people. Be with people, and you will understand that being alone is not so bad.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Spiritual evolution demands solitude. As you grow you no longer relate to people in the same way & that's okay.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Gospel: Today Jesus 'withdraws' with the disciples, to move away from the crowds. At other times Jesus 'withdraws' to pray by himself. All of us, even extroverts, need time for solitude and private prayer. You and I need to connect with God, who often speaks to us in silence.”— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com
“It feels good to be silent in the midst of gossip and at peace in the middle of a heated political debate. It's empowering to forgive myself quickly and move forward with ease. It feels great to be a presence of love in the world.”— Gabby Bernstein, amazon.com
“...there are many indications that it is the future that enters into us like this, in order to be transformed within us, long before it actually occurs. And that is why it is so important to be solitary and attentive when one is sad: because the apparently uneventful and static moment when our futur…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“There is only one solitude, and that is vast and not easy to bear and almost everyone has moments when they would happily exchange it for some form of company...”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“But your solitude, even in the midst of quite foreign circumstances, will be a hold and a home for you, and leading from it you will find all the paths you need.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“...love your solitude and bear the pain it causes you with melody wrought with lament. For the people who are close to you, you tell me, are far away, and that shows that you are beginning to create a wider space around you...take pleasure in your growth, which no one can accompany you, and be kind-…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other than books and movies, and my own imagination.”— Gore Vidal, amazon.com
“It doesn’t matter where I am, or how alone--I always have such a crowded head.”— Charles de Lint, amazon.com
“I felt the most burning desire for once to be quite alone with my thoughts for a little while.”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”— Nikola Tesla, npr.org