Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.
What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
By all means use sometimes to be alone.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.
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.
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
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