“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” — Henry David Thoreau
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” — Michel de Montaigne
“Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.” — Charles Bukowski
“To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.” — Suzanne Gordon
“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Sometimes you have to stand alone to prove that you can still stand.” — Unknown
“The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.” — Thomas Edison
“Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.” — Albert Einstein
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” — Michel de Montaigne
“I don’t want to be alone. I want to be left alone.” — Audrey Hepburn
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” — Mother Teresa
“A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.” — Rumi
“Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.” — Wayne Cordeiro
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” — Henry David Thoreau
“He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts.” — John Fletcher
“Solitude is the house of peace.” — T.F. Hodge
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” — Aldous Huxley
“Sometimes, you need to be alone. Not to be lonely, but to enjoy some free time just being yourself.” — Unknown
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” — Dag Hammarskjold
“All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” — May Sarton
“It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.” — Joel Osteen
“Sometimes it’s better to be alone; no one can hurt you that way.” — Unknown
“You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.” — Henry Rollins
“The best part about being alone is that you really don’t have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.” — Justin Timberlake
“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.” — Albert Einstein
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.” — Nikola Tesla
“Sometimes you have to stand alone just to make sure you still can.” — Unknown
“There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.” — Toba Beta
“There is nothing wrong with being alone if you enjoy yourself.” — Unknown
“Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.” — Robert Cecil
“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth.” — Albert Einstein
“Solitude can be a beautiful thing, but isolation is soul-crushing.” — Unknown
“We need solitude, because when we’re alone, we’re free from obligations.” — Janwillem van de Wetering
“To be alone with yourself is to be alone. To be in the company of others is to be alone together.” — Unknown
“The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” — Charlotte Brontë
“Loneliness and solitude are two things not to be confused. Loneliness is a negative state, marked by a sense of isolation. Solitude is a state of being alone without being lonely.” — Paul Tillich
“To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who would rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.” — Charles Caleb Colton
“Solitude is a gift. It helps to bring out the originality in us.” — Unknown
“I restore myself when I’m alone.” — Marilyn Monroe
“Loneliness and solitude are different. Solitude is the peace that comes when you’re with yourself.” — Unknown
“Being alone allows you to explore the depths of your own thoughts.” — Unknown
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” — Nikola Tesla
“Solitude, whether endured or embraced, is a necessary gateway to original thought.” — Jane Hirshfield
“Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere; and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.” — Unknown
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” — Ram Dass
“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” — Shannon L. Alder
“There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock.” — Charles Bukowski
“It’s easy to stand in a crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.” — Mahatma Gandhi