quotes and thoughts

solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness... the man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. - paul brunton


loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. - mother teresa


inside myself is a place where i live all alone, and that's where i renew my springs that never dry up. - pearl buck


i needed to be in the bush... there I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus .. that's where my heart lies. - mark burnett .


the tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young. - oscar wilde .


i had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. - henry david thoreau .


never be afraid to sit awhile and think. - lorraine hansberry .


solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - winston churchill

i love to be alone... i never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. - henry david thoreau


loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. - may sarton .

language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone... and it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. - paul johannes tillich, the eternal now .


loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude. - paul tillich .


anger is what makes a clear mind seem clouded. - kazi shams.


speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - ambrose bierce .

anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. - cherie carter-scott .


keep cool; anger is not an argument. - daniel webster.

the best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. - jacqueline schiff .


like fragile ice, anger passes away in time. - ovid .


anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind... anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. - buddha


people who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. - will rogers .


if you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. - chinese proverb.

life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long. - robert brault .

anger is one letter short of danger. - author unknown 

the best answer to anger is silence. - unknown .