“Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.”
Henry David Thoreau
SocietySolitude
Alone Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ALONE
Alone Quotes
Read 200 of the best alone quotes on solitude, loneliness and finding peace in your own company from Thoreau, Emerson, Emily Dickinson and more.
“I had more visitors while I lived in the woods than at any other period in my life.”
Henry David Thoreau
SolitudeIrony
“I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once.”
Henry David Thoreau
SolitudePeace
“What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary? I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.”
Henry David Thoreau
LonelinessConnection
“Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
IndependenceSolitude
“The necessity of solitude is deeper than we have said, and is organic.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SolitudeHuman Nature
“Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
GeniusSolitude
“We have lived enough for others; let us, at least, live out the small remnant of life for ourselves.”
Michel de Montaigne
Self-CareLife
“The two must be combined and resorted to alternately, solitude and crowds.”
Seneca
BalanceSociety
“Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much.”
Marcus Aurelius
EscapeInner Peace
“Without going outside his door, one understands all that takes place under the sky.”
Lao Tzu
WisdomStillness
“I alone am different from other men.”
Lao Tzu
DifferentIndividuality
“Alas! there is no one that knows me.”
Confucius
LonelinessMisunderstood
“Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?”
Confucius
VirtueInner Peace
“It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool; let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
WisdomWalk Alone
“He alone who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone and sleeping alone, he, subduing himself, will rejoice in the destruction of all desires alone, as if living in a forest.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
DisciplineSpirituality
“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.”
The Bible (Psalm 102:7)
LonelinessSadness
“Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.”
The Bible (Psalm 25:16)
LonelinessPrayer
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence.”
The Bible (Lamentations 3:28)
SilenceSolitude
“Woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 4:10)
LonelinessCompanionship
“Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.”
The Bible (John 16:32)
FaithComfort
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God.”
The Bible (Isaiah 41:10)
ComfortFaith
“I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; and if I die, no soul will pity me.”
William Shakespeare
LonelinessDespair
“I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind.”
William Shakespeare
MisanthropeBitterness
“I have of late - but wherefore I know not - lost all my mirth.”
William Shakespeare
SadnessLoneliness