Retreat Quotes

• Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.

  Farid al-Din Attar

  Love, Life, Soul

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  Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

  Hermann Hesse

  Positive, Being Yourself, Time

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.56, Om Books International

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• Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Happiness, Adversity, Fighting

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• I remember to breathe throughout the day. I remind myself that I can choose peace, no matter what is going on around me. Whenever I desire, I can retreat to that quiet place within simply by closing my eyes.

  Doreen Virtue

  Eye, Desire, Matter

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Dec 30, 2012

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• Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophical, Inspiration, Being Alone

  c. AD 170-180 Meditations, bk.4, no.3 (translated by M Staniforth).

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• There’s a place inside of you where you can retreat and enjoy perfect stillness.

  Doreen Virtue

  Perfect, Enjoy, Stillness

  Doreen Virtue (2008). “Daily Guidance from Your Angels”, p.145, Hay House, Inc

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• That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

  Aphra Behn

  Perfect, Faithful, Library

  Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.2628, Delphi Classics

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• You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

  John Oates

  Strikes, Knows

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• Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Leadership, Victory

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• Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Weakness

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• Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.

  Brock Clarke

  Naps, People, Pills

  Brock Clarke (2011). “Exley”, p.32, Algonquin Books

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• Die, but do not retreat.

  Joseph Stalin

  Dies

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• Going forward seems like retreat.

  Laozi

  Seems, Tao Te Ching Leadership

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The nature of happiness is such that happiness retreats the more intensely you pursue it.

  Robertson Davies

  Motivational, Happiness, Pursue

  "To college grads: Love life and work" by William J. Bennett, www.cnn.com. June 2, 2011.

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• He who retreats lives longer.

  Michael Scott

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.219, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• It is also a victory to know when to retreat.

  Erno Paasilinna

  Victory, Knows

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• Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction.

  Oliver P. Smith

  Military, Different, Hell

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• The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail.

  George W. Bush

  Ministry, Difficulty, Response

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

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• I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Justice, Excuse, Harsh

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

  Roland Barthes

  Society, Way, Alienation

  "Political Culture and Public Opinion". Book by Roland Barthes, p.175, January 1, 1989.

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• True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction and false social realities. We have to retreat into our own cocoons and come face-to-face with who we are. We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar's body begin to spread out and its light, beautiful wings begin to form.

  Julia Hill

  Beautiful, Reality, Light

  "The Legacy of Luna". Book by Julia Butterfly Hill, April 1, 2000.

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• Pray with a pure heart and pray from where you are. God will answer your prayers. There is no need to abandon the world or retreat to a jungle.

  Shri Radhe Maa

  Prayer, Heart, Meditation

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• Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence.

  Gary Ryan

  Excellence, Lines, Golden

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• If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.

  Andy Stanley

  Dream, Giving, World

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.76, Multnomah

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• I've decided to retreat to the spirit world where I feel appreciated and understood.

  Dov Davidoff

  World, Spirit, Appreciated

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