Thomas Jefferson Quotes

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

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.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

I've kept a diary since I was 11. It's a way of taking stock, almost meditative, trying to make sense of stuff because life is chaotic.

Spend time in your head and figure yourself out. Start taking note of all the things you do that you don't like, and then you're more conscious of it, and you learn.

It took living alone for me to really get to know myself.

I hit a brick wall one day, and I spent a lot of time by myself learning about me and who I am and what I want and don't want.

There's no journey worth taking except the journey through one's self. That's the most important journey you take. I found that out as I went around the world many times: I was learning about me.

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

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

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

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

Maybe one day I can have a reunion with myself.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

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 write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.

I discovered myself!