Monday, December 6, 2010

Solitude

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.  ~ Henry David Thoreau


Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.  ~ Pearl Buck


I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ~ Albert Einstein


Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. ~ Voltaire


An artist is always alone -- if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. ~ Henry Miller


Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. ~ Buddha



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