"I have found nothing half so good / As my long-planned half solitude, / Where I can sit up half the night / With some friend that has the wit."
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"Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned."
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"These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world."
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"Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal."
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"It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem, or can it at least keep me company within it?-No, not exactly. It cannot love me that way; it has no arms. But sometimes I do feel its presence to be a sort of wink-Here you are again, it says, and so am I."
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"Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness."
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"No one can help us to achieve the intimate isolation by which we find our secret worlds, so mysterious, rich and full. If others intervene, it is destroyed. This degree of thought, which we attain by freeing ourselves from the external world, must be fed by the inner spirit, and our surroundings cannot influence us in any way other than to leave us in peace."
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"When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time"
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"Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him."
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"The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it."
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"I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity."
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"There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery."
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"Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects"
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"A warrior balances solitude and dependence."
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"Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude."
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"Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness."
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"To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul."
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"they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth?"
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"When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake."
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"Solitude is the playfield of Satan."
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