Solitude Quotes
The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.
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"Solitude is either a blessing or a curse, depending on whether one uses it for reflection or despair."Locke, John
"Solitude is necessary for the development of wisdom."Averroes
"One who cannot be alone cannot be truly with others."Maimonides
"Solitude is the profoundest teacher."Descartes, René
"Solitude is the garden where the soul learns to bloom."Avicenna
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's truest self."Al-Ghazali
"Solitude is where the soul speaks to itself without interference."Al-Ghazali
"Solitude is the furnace of transformation."Augustine of Hippo
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."Augustine of Hippo
"Solitude allows the soul to commune with eternal truths and infinite wisdom."Averroes
"Solitude reveals to us who we truly are beneath all social pretense."Averroes
"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."Cicero
"In solitude, we find the silence necessary to hear our truest selves."Avicenna
"In the silence between thoughts lies the voice of truth waiting to be heard."Avicenna
"Other people's views and troubles are not your own."Epictetus
"Set aside a certain number of days every month for going over your accounts and examining your mind."Seneca
"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks."Marcus Aurelius
"Silence is sometimes the most eloquent form of expression."Augustine of Hippo
"In solitude, the mind communes with the eternal truths that bind all existence."Averroes
"In solitude, away from the noise of opinion, the true self emerges and speaks."Averroes
"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."Cicero
"To be everywhere is to be no where."Seneca
"Live unknown."Epicureanism Epicurus
"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains and the waves of seas, and they pass by themselves without wondering."Augustine of Hippo
"Solitude is wisdom's school."Augustine of Hippo
"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself."Marcus Aurelius
"People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. You have the ability to retreat into yourself whenever you like."Marcus Aurelius
"Men seek retreats, yet all the while what they need is within themselves."Marcus Aurelius
"Solitude is necessary for the mind to think clearly, yet isolation is the death of consciousness."Averroes
"Solitude and friendship are both necessary for a complete life."Epicureanism Epicurus