My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I believe, and always have, that America must engage - not retreat - in the world. — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats. — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
“No one can heal you. You must learn to be your own company, your own cure. You cannot retreat into someone else… — Janet Mock 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
Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
If literature survives at all, it is as retreat for those who refuse to assimilate to American mass culture. — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
“Once we allow our brokenness to become our norm it no longer appears broken, which is the most broken kind of brokenness.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat. — Emile Zola 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
You find this watered-down enlightenment sold in mass quantity at yoga studios, high-priced shamanism retreats, DJ-fueled Ecstatic Dance parties, ayahuasca ceremonies, and… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
Shadow is ever besieged, for that is its nature. Whilst darkness devours, and light steals. And so one sees shadow ever retreat… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Each and every one of us will be confronted by a major challenge in our lives ... We can choose to shut… — Walter Mikac Copy Share Image
The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
He was rewarded with a silver-and-red can of soda. He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them with bug… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When there is a gap between what's on the outside and what's on the inside, that's when people retreat into their foxholes… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
He watched her retreat, his eyes lazy, and his body unmoving. A trickle of blood seeped slowly from the corner of his… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
And the reason is found in the first lie - the lie which you hold as the truth about God - that… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
The key to happiness: You may speak of love and tenderness and passion, but real ecstasy is discovering you haven't lost your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked… — Max Delbruck 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
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“A spiritual tradition is not a shallow stream in which one can wet one’s feet and then beat a quick retreat to… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
We would go on retreats to Florence. The people in the planning team got to be good friends and so we did… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Retreat is a response to the call of the heart-that call which beckons us toward reality, to the truth of our being,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
