Solitude

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
- Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
- May Sarton, 1912 - 1995

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
- Thomas Alva Edison, 1847 - 1931

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition...
- Amelia Barr, 1831 - 1919

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788 - 1860

If you can't stand solitude, perhaps others find you boring as well.
- Mark Twain, 1835 - 1910