Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.” ~ Nikola Tesla
SEA OF SOLITUDE LENGTH FREE
Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. “The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. “… practically all creative people, and certainly most geniuses, have preferred to be alone for long periods, especially when producing their best work.” ~ Raj Persaud, ‘One Hundred Tears of Solitude’
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, ‘Walden’ To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.” ~ Paul Tillich, ‘The Eternal Now’ It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. “Our language has widely sensed the two sides of being alone.
It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” ~ Jodi Picoult ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ “Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. “A man can be himself alone so long as he is alone … if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, ‘The World as Will and Idea’ To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.” ~ Joseph Krutch, ‘The Desert Year’ “To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. “We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” ~ C.S. “Every kind of creative work demands solitude, and being alone, constructively alone, is a prerequisite for every phase of the creative process.” ~ Barbara Powell “Talent is nurtured in solitude … A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Göethe “When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.” ~ Eda LeShan “The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” ~ Aldous Huxley “Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.” ~ Deepak Chopra “Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt in solitude, where we are least alone.” ~ Lord Byron, ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ “People who take the time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.” John Miller “Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.” ~ Edward Gibbon “Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.” ~ Lord Byron “What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” ~ Ellen Burstyn “Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.” ~ Franz Kafka “Seclusion is the price of greatness.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda, ‘The Divine Romance’ “In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.” ~ Laurence Sterne “One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.” ~ Gary Mark Gilmore “Solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude.” ~ Mary Shelley “I am never less alone than when alone.” ~ Cicero, ‘Cicero De Officiis’ “If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre “Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” ~ Pablo Picasso “The best thinking has been done in solitude.” ~ Thomas A. “Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” ~ Aristotle, ‘Politics’ “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.” ~ Blaise Pascal These are some of the unique thoughts they shared from their solitary experiences: A great number of people throughout history composed their best works in solitude – in fact, they required it.
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