77 Inspiring Quotes on Solitude (STRENGTH)

Top 11 Most Famous Solitude Quotes (BEST)

“To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.”
Deepak Chopra

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. - Miguel de Unamuno — Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. – Miguel de Unamuno

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. - May Sarton — Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. – May Sarton

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. - Charlotte Brontë — I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will **respect** myself. – **Charlotte Brontë**

Sit in solitude every day. Be quiet and be still. Calm your thoughts and get to know your inner voice. - John Soforic — Sit in solitude every day. Be quiet and be still. Calm your thoughts and get to know your inner voice. – John Soforic

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - Winston Churchill — Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. – **Winston Churchill**

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.“
Jodi Picoult

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. - Henry David Thoreau — I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. – **Henry David Thoreau**

If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company. - Jean-Paul Sartre — If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company. – **Jean-Paul Sartre**

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. - Laurence Sterne — In solitude the mind gains **strength** and **learns** to lean upon itself. – Laurence Sterne

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. - Arthur Schopenhauer — Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. – **Arthur Schopenhauer**

21 Inspirational Quotes to Help You Embrace Solitude

“Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.”
Paulo Coelho

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. - Patricia Highsmith — My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people. – Patricia Highsmith

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. - Albert Einstein — The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. – **Albert Einstein**

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. - Jeanne Moreau — To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude. – Jeanne Moreau

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. - Voltaire — The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. – **Voltaire**

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. - Arthur Schopenhauer — A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love **freedom**; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. – **Arthur Schopenhauer**

In stillness lives wisdom. In quiet you’ll find peace. In solitude you’ll remember yourself. - Robin Sharma — In stillness lives **wisdom**. In quiet you’ll find **peace**. In solitude you’ll remember yourself. – **Robin Sharma**

One travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more. – Thomas Jefferson — One travels more usefully when they **travel** alone because they reflect more. – **Thomas Jefferson**

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. - Nikola Tesla — The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. – **Nikola Tesla**

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.”
Virginia Woolf

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. - Albert Camus — In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. – **Albert Camus**

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. - Virginia Woolf

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. - Gautama Buddha — Delight in **meditation** and solitude. Compose yourself, be **happy**. You are a seeker. – **Gautama Buddha**

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. - Bell Hooks — Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. – Bell Hooks

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel. - Audrey Hepburn — I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite **happy** if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel. – **Audrey Hepburn**

The best thinking has been done in solitude. - Thomas A. Edison — The best thinking has been done in solitude. – **Thomas A. Edison**

I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day’s work. I can’t be to parties where the noise tires me. I can’t speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm. – Yves Saint Laurent — I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day’s work. I can’t be to parties where the noise tires me. I can’t speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm. – **Yves Saint Laurent**

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. - Rumi — It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. – **Rumi**

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

I was happiest to be alone; for it was then I was most aware of what I possessed. – Roman Payne

Breaking apart from someone you love very much can be unbearably painful, but finding yourself again can be a beautiful thing if you do your solitude right. - Grace Chatto — Breaking apart from someone you **love** very much can be unbearably painful, but finding yourself again can be a beautiful thing if you do your solitude right. – Grace Chatto

11 Quotes on Loneliness Vs. Solitude

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”
Franz Kafka

Once you know how to take care of yourself, company becomes an option. - Keanu Reeves — Once you know how to take care of yourself, company becomes an option. – **Keanu Reeves**

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment. - Richard J. Foster — Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner **fulfillment**. – Richard J. Foster

Solitude isn’t loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly. - Victoria Erickson — Solitude isn’t loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly. – Victoria Erickson

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. – Paul Tillich

We live in a world starved for solitude and silence and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. – C.S. Lewis — We live in a world starved for solitude and silence and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. – **C.S. Lewis**

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. - Leonardo da Vinci — If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. – **Leonardo da Vinci**

I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. - Karen Armstrong — I like silence; I’m a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. – Karen Armstrong

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. - Dag Hammarskjold — Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness. – Dag Hammarskjold

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing. – Fred Rogers — Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing. – **Fred Rogers**

Loneliness is to be avoided, solitude is to be sought. - Tom Hanks — Loneliness is to be avoided, solitude is to be sought. – **Tom Hanks**

21 Thought-provoking Quotes on Solitude that will Make You Think

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
Joshua Slocum

My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company. - Friedrich Nietzsche — My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. - Aldous Huxley — The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects. - Pablo Picasso — Nothing can be done without solitude. I’ve created my own solitude which nobody suspects. – **Pablo Picasso**

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. - Michel de Montaigne — The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. – **Michel de Montaigne**

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. - Victor Hugo — To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your **prayer** knows much more about it than you do. – **Victor Hugo**

“Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.”
Andrea Gibson