I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. — Jet Li Copy Share Image
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“this is not a time of retreat but rather resurgence. This is not a time for compromise but rather courage.” — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
“Despair dragged at me like an anchor, pulling me down. I closed my eyes and retreated to some dim place within, where… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I like the idea of going to one of those retreats where you don't speak - like, silence for five days. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I want to retreat back to living off the land and just being in nature, experiencing life in the most pure, natural… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and… — Yxta Maya Murray Copy Share Image
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The regime must allow immediate and unrestricted access to every site, every document, and every person identified by inspectors. Iraq can be… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do.… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
“She had hope in her heart but after a while, with each step forward, hope stepped back. And for the first time… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Nowhere can anyone find a # quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his or her own # soul . We need… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Right back where you started, she told herself. Right back in the middle of that town. You were out, she told her… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
Man is but mortal: and there is a point beyond which human courage cannot extend. Mr. Pickwick gazed through his spectacles for… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied;… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
United States has always been very close to Africa and it's very sad now to see that Africa has a lot more… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema.… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes . Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States... strike hard and… — Craig Rosebraugh Copy Share Image
“It was too late to retreat - the world exists only because it is always too late to retreat.” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. — Ferdinand Foch Copy Share Image
“Eagles remind us of the power of solitude and reflection, as they retreat to high places to rest and renew their strength” — Dr. Lucas D. Shallua Copy Share Image
Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“She needed care and time; enough space not to feel threatened, but not so much that she could retreat.” — Tami Hoag Copy Share Image
This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, Built as it has been in our waning years, A rest afforded to our weary… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward. — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
Can it be believed that the democracy, which has overthrown the feudal system and vanquished kings, will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists? — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
“Go deeply into the urge to be silent and not the mental interference of how, where and when. If you follow silence… — Jean Klein Copy Share Image
How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats! — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Earth does not understand her child, Who from the loud gregarious town Returns, depleted and defiled, To the still woods, to fling… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image