Quotes on Solitude

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Aldous Huxley

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

Elayne Boosler

People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company.

Albert Guinon

If you can't stand solitude, maybe you bore others too.

Bob Gordon

Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.

Arthur Brisbane

The best thinking has been done in solitude.

Thomas A. Edison

I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude.

Henry David Thoreau

Friends require too much care and feeding. A large part of their diet is made up of lies and I'm fresh out.

Duane Alan Hahn

Hermits have no peer pressure.

Steven Wright

People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.

John Miller

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Aristotle

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

Tom Masson

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies.

Jules Renard

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Burns