SOLITUDE & LIGHT
Solitude though it may be silent as light is like light the mightiest of agencies for solitude is essential to man All men come into this world alone and leave it alone
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Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.
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I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to make every moment holy.
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I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.
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Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.
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Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.
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My music is very personal. I’ve created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That’s what it’s all about.
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We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I’m really intrigued by this idea of solitude.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.
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Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before.
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Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love.
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Within each of us is a light, awake, encoded in the fibers of our existence. Divine ecstasy is the totality of this marvelous creation experienced in the hearts of humanity
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We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.
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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
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Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.
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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
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A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.
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When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion.
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The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens.
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How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.
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I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone.
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Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.
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if the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.
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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
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My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.
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I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you’re just sitting there creating something from nothing, or a new story for characters you love and care about.
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These ink drawings were created during October 2016. They are part of my master project How illustration could help solitude stimulate creativity in Faculty of art music and design of University in Bergen . In this project, I would like to say that we should respect solitude and treat it in a positive way to embrace ourselves. Sheng Chen in Bergen Norway
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