Inward Solitude

"Amma Syncletica said, 'Many live on the mountains
and behave as if they were living amidst the uproar
of a city, and they are lost. It is possible while
living amongst a crowd to be inwardly solitary, and
while living alone to be inwardly beset by the crowd.'"

- "Sayings of the Desert Fathers (and Mothers),
" Syncletica -