When writing goes painfully, when it’s hideously difficult, and one feels real despair (ah, the despair, silly as it is, is real!)–then… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I went on a meditation retreat. In 10 or so days, I spent about a hundred hours meditating, observing 'noble silence' the… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Pray with a pure heart and pray from where you are. God will answer your prayers. There is no need to abandon… — Shri Radhe Maa Copy Share Image
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above his fellows, he is dragged down by the mass, either… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Your little army, derided for its want of arms, derided for its lack of all the essential material of war, has met… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I remember to breathe throughout the day. I remind myself that I can choose peace, no matter what is going on around… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for… — Eva Cox Copy Share Image
Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which… — Donald Woods Winnicott Copy Share Image
In a retreat the lame are formost. [In a retreat the lame are foremost.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
The Church must never be satisfied with the ranks of those whom she has reached at a certain point or say that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
One of the first things a relationship therapist learns is that couples argue to burn up energy that could be used for… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
In the last generation, with public Christianity in headlong retreat, we have caught our first, distant view of a de-Christianized world ,… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
For the slow labor of realizing a potential gift the artist must retreat to those Bohemias, halfway between the slums and the… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
“The requests often had a passive-aggressive edge: “Ten thousand dollars is probably small change to you but it would mean a huge… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
I had a girls' writing retreat at my condo and a bunch of other female writers came down. Me and two other… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
I would like a countrywide retreat but am not sure whether I'll get a countrywide retreat in the future but I'll manifest… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
As we leave the E.U., some have questioned whether this is a signal of Britain's retreat into isolation. They could not be… — Gavin Williamson Copy Share Image
