Solitude Quotes

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

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"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with one's truest self."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"In solitude we discover who we truly are."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"In solitude, I found a kingdom that no one could take from me."
Anna Akhmatova
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"The deepest conversations happen not in words, but in silences shared."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"I have learned to walk alone without fear, for I am my own companion."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"In my solitude, I find more companionship than in any crowd."
Anna Akhmatova
V
"Loneliness is the cantor's voice of the soul."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life."
August Strindberg
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"I feel no sympathy with my fellow men. I have no pity. I have no hope."
August Strindberg
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"I have seen life from both sides of the fence and I choose loneliness."
August Strindberg
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"I prefer my solitude to false companionship."
August Strindberg
A
"To be alone is not to be lonely."
August Strindberg
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"In every heart there is a room; a sanctuary where we can hide and find solace."
Selma Lagerlöf
S
"Solitude is not loneliness, but the opportunity to commune with one's true self."
Selma Lagerlöf
S
"Solitude nourishes those who have learned to befriend themselves."
Selma Lagerlöf
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's truest self."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"You cannot imagine what a completely narrow, restricted, wall-in-sort of life a man leads in his private concerns."
Henrik Ibsen
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"I must stand entirely alone if I am to know myself and my capabilities."
Henrik Ibsen
H
"A lonely man is a suspect man. Loneliness is a form of eccentricity."
Henrik Ibsen
B
"In solitude, one finds not emptiness but fullness of being."
Boris Pasternak
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"The courage to be alone is the foundation of all genuine freedom."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
A
"I am not one of those women who speak easily of their feelings."
Anna Akhmatova
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"In silence, we find the deepest truths about ourselves."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"To understand yourself, you must first understand your solitude."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"We are all exiles in the land of our own hearts."
Anna Akhmatova
A
"The night holds secrets that daylight cannot reveal."
Anna Akhmatova
"In solitude, we discover who we truly are."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Solitude teaches us to know ourselves."
Maxim Gorky
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"Solitude reveals our true nature."
Maxim Gorky
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"Loneliness is either the richest or the poorest thing, depending on how you look at it."
Vladimir Nabokov