“I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”
Henry David Thoreau
NatureSolitude
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.
“In Wildness is the preservation of the World.”
Henry David Thoreau
NatureFreedom
“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.”
Henry David Thoreau
Self-DiscoveryTravel
“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
IndividualitySociety
“My giant goes with me wherever I go.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SelfTravel
“Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SilenceGreatness
“The wise man can lose nothing, if he has himself.”
Michel de Montaigne
Self-RelianceWisdom
“The primary indication of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.”
Seneca
Own CompanyInner Peace
“Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.”
Marcus Aurelius
LifeSolitude
“The return to their root is what we call the state of stillness.”
Lao Tzu
StillnessPeace
“The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing; it refuses nothing. It receives, but does not keep.”
Chuang Tzu
MindStillness
“The superior man is distressed by his want of ability. He is not distressed by men's not knowing him.”
Confucius
Self-ImprovementRecognition
“I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.”
Confucius
UnderstandingHumility
“Rouse thyself by thyself, examine thyself by thyself, thus self-protected and attentive wilt thou live happily.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
Self-RelianceMindfulness
“You yourself must make an effort. The Tathagatas are only preachers.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
Self-RelianceEffort
“O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Lo! I am beside thee.”
Kabir
FaithComfort
“I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
The Bible (Joshua 1:5)
FaithComfort
“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me.”
The Bible (Psalm 139:9-10)
FaithGuidance
“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart.”
The Bible (Psalm 34:18)
HeartbreakComfort
“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”
The Bible (Matthew 28:20)
FaithComfort
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.”
The Bible (Psalm 27:10)
AbandonmentFaith
“At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me.”
The Bible (2 Timothy 4:16)
AbandonmentLoneliness
“How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world!”
William Shakespeare
SadnessEmptiness
“Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow.”
William Shakespeare
LifeDespair
“She never told her love, but let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, feed on her damask cheek.”
William Shakespeare
Secret LoveLonging