I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a Christian. I have now, thought I, solitude enough; but am I therefore the nearer being a Christian? Not if Jesus Christ be the model of Christianity.

What I like is the idea of a group, even if it's just two people - the idea of solitude within a group.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet.

We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by this idea of solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.

Solitude is very restorative for me, especially because I spend so much time around other people and performing to people.

I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementia sufferer leads to a peculiar kind of loneliness.

I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms.

Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.