Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room 
and being aware of the space around you. 
It is a condition of separateness. 
Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. 
It is a condition of union. 
Loneliness is small, solitude is large. 
Loneliness closes in around you; 
solitude expands toward the infinite. 
Loneliness has its roots in words, 
in an internal conversation that nobody answers; 
solitude has its roots in the great silence of eternity. Who has learnt to live in solitude becomes one with god!