"In hastening to solitude and exile, do not wait for world-loving souls, because the thief comes unexpectedly. In tryi…"

"Die Herrschaft soll sein inmitten deiner Feinde. Und wer das nicht leiden will, der will nicht sein von der Herrschaf…"

"Le sage quelquefois évite le monde, de peur d’être ennuyé."

"Seclusion is happiness for the content one, one who sees the Dhamma that was heard; No ill-will is happiness in the w…"

"The man who associates with people of the world or approaches them after his renunciation will certainly either fall …"

"For a brief space conceive yourself to be transported to one of the loftiest peaks of some inaccessible mountain, the…"

"You complain to each other about the war when you yourselves are its authors, and it continues because you put up wit…"

"The principal safeguard is seclusion, that you should not, God forbid, leave the house, save for some exceedingly gre…"

"The great problem with trying to retreat into a life of private dignity and saying 'let's make the best of what we've…"

"One of the marks of maturity is the need for solitude: a city should not merely draw men together in many varied acti…"