Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness.
Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.
Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.
The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
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