"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. " - Paul Tillich
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. " - Aristotle
"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude." - Arthur Schopenhauer
"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Henry David Thoreau
"Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear. " - George Herbert