“Solitude has become my companion.”
Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945) Swedish female singer
When Fredrik Skavlan asks Lyngstad about her influences of her personality.
Interview on Skavlan (2014)
“There is no companion like solitude. One who knows how to tune himself to the inner silence, even in the midst of the din and roar of the marketplace, enjoys a most recreative solitude.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
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