Tituss Burgess Quotes

Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.

I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

Sometimes you gotta get stupid with yourself, and you gotta enjoy your own company some time.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

Turning 30 was really big for me. I can get really stuck on 'I don't like this or that about myself.' I've found that the only thing that breaks that for me is being able to spend time alone, going to the movies by myself or going to art museums alone. I do that a lot. I've discovered the importance of even 15 or 30 minutes a day where it is just me.

Love After Love all your life, whom you have ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves

When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.

You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.

I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring.