§ On Solitude
The productive wilderness of being alone
"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself."
"Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone."
"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."
"I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time."
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
"We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly...spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order."
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."
"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company."
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."
"Without great solitude no serious work is possible."
"One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude."
"I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude."
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone."
"Solitude vivifies; isolation kills."
"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking."
✎ What feels like failure is often just feedback.
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