Nature, take my breath with you; renew it with the wild breeze and fill my being up with so much soul, ego learns to fade away.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

. . . solitude, which is held to be cause of eccentricity, in fact imposes excessive normality, and least in public . . . [p. 7]

Never forget that solitude is my lot ... I implore those who love me to love my solitude."(Letter to Mimi Romanelli, May 11, 1910)

The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It's quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

Every day solitude for a particular time period is a good way to refresh physically and is a great opportunity to rise spiritually!

If you are lonely, you feel separated from everybody. If you are in solitude, you feel you are in contact with the entire universe.

And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it.

Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don't get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.

Uncontradicting solitudeSupports me on its giant palm;And like a sea-anemoneOr simple snail, there cautiouslyUnfolds, emerges, what I am.

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.