Solitude Quotes

The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.

14288 quotes

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"Solitude feeds the soul."
Andrea Dworkin
"Solitude is preparation; action is purpose."
Black Panther Party
S
"Solitude is necessary for self-knowledge."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"Solitude allows us to listen to our deepest truths."
Assata Shakur
S
"Solitude is a luxury most oppressed people cannot afford."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"Solitude can be a space for reflection and renewal in the midst of struggle."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Solitude is necessary for developing our own critical consciousness."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"Solitude is where we learn who we are beneath the conditioning."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Solitude is the reward of effort and the beginning of wisdom."
Germaine Greer
G
"Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate."
Germaine Greer
A
"Solitude teaches us truths that company often obscures."
Andrea Dworkin
G
"Just because I'm not saying anything doesn't mean I'm not thinking plenty."
Gloria Steinem
G
"If you can't find company inside yourself, you'll never find it outside."
Gloria Steinem
b
"Solitude is necessary for self-knowledge"
bell hooks
b
"Solitude is not the same as loneliness; it is a space of restoration."
bell hooks
G
"A life lived for others is not a life; it is an erasure."
Gloria Steinem
S
"Solitude allows us to think without the constant demands of caring for others."
Shulamith Firestone
S
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is necessary space for autonomous thought."
Shulamith Firestone
A
"Solitude may be the only space where women can be truly themselves."
Andrea Dworkin
b
"Solitude is the sacred space where we recover ourselves."
bell hooks
"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence."
Audre Lorde
"To be conscious in a system of oppression is to be lonely."
Audre Lorde
B
"Solitude is not loneliness, it is communion with self."
Barbara Smith
B
"Solitude allows us to hear ourselves think."
Barbara Smith
b
"Solitude is essential for the soul to remember itself"
bell hooks
A
"Solitude, silence and immobility are not in themselves ends in life. They are means to understanding."
Angela Davis
G
"Most women still need a room of their own and the best flirtation with one another is still shop talk."
Germaine Greer
b
"We cannot truly connect with others until we know ourselves completely."
bell hooks
A
"Solitude allows us to reflect and gather strength for collective action."
Angela Davis
B
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."
Barbara Smith