“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” — Henry David Thoreau “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” — Lao Tzu “The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.” — Nikola Tesla “The best thinking has been done in solitude.” — Thomas A. Edison “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the