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
My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get… — Lisa Whelchel Copy Share Image
“It seems to occur to few of the attendees [of a writing retreat] that if you have a feel you just can't… — Stephen King 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
“I confess I found it somewhat insipid when I last went…it was all so prosy - so bonnety - so whisty and… — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Sensitive people feel so deeply they often have to retreat from the world, in order to dig beneath the layers of pain… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where… — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person… — Timothy Ferriss 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
“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills … There is nowhere that a person can… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
![“It seems to occur to few of the attendees [of a writing retreat] that if you have a feel you just can't describe, you might just be, I don't know, kind of like, my sense of it is, maybe in the wrong fucking class.” quote by Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/172/stephen-king-13_retreats_it-seems-to-occur-to-few-of-the-attendee_2599651.jpg)
![“In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life, the treacherous sun, and no poetry adorns it because disillusionment cannot be beautiful. Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess…” quote by E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d93/e-m-forster-1118_august_in-europe-life-retreats-out-of-the-cold_1674386.jpg)