Meister Eckhart Quotes

The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this one must be able to attain.

I feel calm when I'm on my own.

Solitude helps you reflect.

We must relearn to be alone.

I am ready to be alone.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

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

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

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.

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 do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And I always say, 'No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that's a beautiful, beautiful thing.'

I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years.

I find it quite useful to be alone when I'm making music, but also in general, in life.

You discover who you truly are only when you live alone.

There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At least you belonged to yourself when you were lonely.

You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

In solitude, where we are least alone.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.

In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude.

Some walks you have to take alone.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars.

We've known about the transcendent power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it.