Bruce Barton Quotes

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

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

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

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.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.

Some of my poems indicate that I am writing while living alone after a split with a woman, and I've had many splits with women. I need solitude more often when I'm not writing than when I am.

When you're alone, you look at yourself more, it is kind of inevitable.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.

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

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

You only grow when you are alone.

Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.

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.