I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.

I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

No man is born unto himself alone; who lives unto himself, he lives to none.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.