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Read 200 of the best alone quotes about solitude, loneliness and inner strength from Henry David Thoreau, May Sarton, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore, Helen Keller and more.
“No man is an island, entire of itself.”
John Donne
ConnectionHumanity
“We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves.”Aldous Huxley
Human NatureSolitude
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”Maya Angelou
Self WorthConfidence
“True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.”
Brené Brown
BelongingAuthenticity
“We're hardwired to connect with others; it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”
Brené Brown
ConnectionPurpose
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.”Nikola Tesla
FocusMind
“Work alone. Not on a committee. Not on a team.”
Steve Wozniak
CreativityWork
“Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe.”
Susan Cain
IntrovertsSolitude
“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
Susan Cain
IntrovertsIdeas
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”Ernest Hemingway
WritingSolitude
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
John Muir
NatureSelf Discovery
“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body.”
William Penn
SilenceRest
“In silence and quiet the devout soul makes progress.”
Thomas à Kempis
SilenceGrowth
“I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you, Nobody, too?”
Emily Dickinson
IntrovertsPoetry
“I am here alone for the first time in weeks, to take up my "real" life again at last.”
May Sarton
SolitudeRenewal
“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”
Maxwell Maltz
Self LoveFriendship
“If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.”
Samuel Johnson
BalanceWisdom
“Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.”Abraham Lincoln
IntegrityStanding Alone
“One man with courage makes a majority.”
Andrew Jackson
CourageStanding Alone
“Any man more right than his neighbours constitutes a majority of one already.”Henry David Thoreau
ConscienceStanding Alone
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams
PrincipleStanding Alone
“In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.”Mahatma Gandhi
ConscienceCourage
“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
HopeUniverse
“In solitude we discover that being is more important than having.”
Henri Nouwen
SimplicitySelf Discovery