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Solitude Quotes

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.


It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.


Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.


Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.


I'm kind of like the Lone Ranger or Batman. I can just go to my mansion and jump out in my uniform and sing on weekends.


On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.


I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.


I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal. Trying to find peace of mind and still preserve my soul.


Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.


I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.


Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.


To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.


The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.


It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.


The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.


I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.