Solitude

"It’s better to be alone than in bad company." ~ George Washington

Without great solitude no serious work is possible. ~ Pablo Picasso

Being solitary is being alone well being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. ~ Alice Koller

I am happiest when I am alone. ~ Jacqueline Kennedy

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ~ Laurence Sterne

I treasure solitude. One doesn't have to have human contact. ~ Doris Lessing

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. ~ François Voltaire

In solitude especially do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who knows how to think. ~ Henry David Thoreau

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ~ Johann von Goethe

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

Stop a moment and look around you. ~ Thomas Carlyle

Spend some time alone every day." ~ The Dalai Lama