“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
Lewis Carroll

200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ALONE
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.
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”
Lewis Carroll
“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Kabir stands in the marketplace, wishing well for all; friend to none, foe to none.”
Kabir
“The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.”
Ramakrishna
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Live unknown.”
Epicurus
“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”Epictetus
“Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.”
Meister Eckhart
“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; all things pass away.”
Teresa of Ávila
“Silence is God's first language.”
John of the Cross
“Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”
Francis de Sales
“When you walk, walk. When you eat, eat.”
Zen Saying
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
Zen Saying
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”Lao Tzu
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
Edward Abbey
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
John Muir
“The secret of a good old age is simply an honourable pact with solitude.”
Gabriel García Márquez
“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.”
Octavio Paz
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”Yoko Ono
“Be water, my friend.”Bruce Lee
“I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.”Bruce Lee
“Silence is sometimes the best answer.”
The Dalai Lama
“Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world.”Swami Vivekananda
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”Martin Luther King Jr.
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”Helen Keller