Alone But Not Lonely: 80+ Solitude Quotes That Will Make You Feel Peaceful

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

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, and three for society.

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

Solitude appeared to me as the only fit state of man.

Sit in solitude every day. Be quiet and be still. Calm your thoughts and get to know your inner voice.

In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Solitude is where one discovers one is not alone.

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Going out with the setting sun on an empty beach is truly embracing your solitude.

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

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.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

The thoughtful soul of solitude retires.

Great men are like eagles and build their nests in some lofty solitude.

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

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It 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.

If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

I’ve often been with someone and wished I was alone. I’ve never been alone and wished I was not.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulate the creative mind.

On being alone: I think it’s a good thing to do; you get to know yourself, and I think that’s the most important thing in the whole world.

My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

I don’t mind being alone. I just don’t want to be part of the crowd.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

In stillness lives wisdom. In quiet, you’ll find peace. In solitude, you’ll remember yourself.

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

Make time to be alone. Your best ideas live in solitude.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

I live in solitude. I need solitude to do the next day’s work. I can’t be at parties where the noise tires me. I can’t speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm.

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.

A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given to you.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that’s becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

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.

By all means, use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.

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

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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.

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

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

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

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.

I’m very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

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.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.

Give solitude a chance. You’ve got nothing to lose. And your life to gain back.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

Wise men, when in doubt about whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. – Napoleon Hill

Although the wish for solitude can be a denial of dependence, a capacity for solitude may be its fullest acknowledgment.

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

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak, and observe more than you know.

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

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.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, and three for society.

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It’s where we become our best company.

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

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

In solitude, we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

Once you know how to take care of yourself, the company becomes an option.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Wherever you may seek solitude, men will ferret you out and compel you to belong to their desperate company of Oddfellows.

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.

In proportion as a person simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude.

Solitude isn’t loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly.

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.

I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in maturity.

This great misfortune – to be incapable of solitude.

Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been called for, has been flown to.

We live in a world starved for solitude and silence and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

It’s an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That’s always been a tug-of-war for me.

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise, and rest.

Solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

I like silence; I’m a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places. – A. R. Rahman

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.

In solitude, the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

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

Some people can’t stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I’m a regular talking machine. It’s all or nothing for me.

Loneliness is to be avoided, solitude is to be sought.

I am a bit of a solitary person – a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don’t have any major friendships or relationships with people. – Anthony Hopkins

In solitude, you will find yourselves, and the pure thoughts will be realized.

My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate those who steal my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.

It’s not your enemies who condemn you to solitude, it’s your friends.

Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.  – Lao Tzu

Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that’s becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

Don’t fear solitude: If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself. But don’t get too attached to it – it may become an addiction.

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.

Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it, you will find all your paths.

You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.