I have to say a word about solitude
For the soul it sometimes they say can be good
And I’m partial to it myself, well I must confess
Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness
~Van Morrison in “Meaning of Loneliness”
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“It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke
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“Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude.”
~Miguel de Unamuno
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“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.”
~Paul Tillich
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“A truly happy being is a solitary being.”
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Emile
