solitude
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
― Albert Camus
UO - Global Day of Silence
What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood
frontiersin.org
When you take the time to sit alone with your thoughts, you can find who you want to be; not who your parents want you to be, not who your friends want you to be, and definitely not who some shyster on Instagram or TikTok wants you to be.”
(Blaise Pascal: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”)
the gift of solitude
The benefits of silence and solitude
piedmont.org
Solitude can be a profound teacher. It can teach us how to hold ourselves—how to affirm ourselves and listen. How much is the sound of your own voice worth?