Best Retreat Quotes
372 Retreat quotes by 311 unique authors
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The plan of spiritual evolution is marked not only by God's will that we move ever in the direction of love, nut also by another…
— Marianne Williamson
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
— William Cowper
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Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.
— Seneca the Younger
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All scientific theories are provisional and may be changed, but ... on the whole, they are accepted from Washington to Moscow because of their practical…
— Nevill Francis Mott
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Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of…
— Charles Lamb
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Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on what can be…
— Dan Barker
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
— Sun Tzu
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In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Church must never be satisfied with the ranks of those whom she has reached at a certain point or say that others are fine…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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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…
— Julia Hill
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Fight them everywhere. Don't give them a chance to breathe until they withdraw and retreat.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.…
— Nelson Goodman
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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…
— Shri Radhe Maa
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Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are…
— Sun Tzu
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In a very real sense, therefore, advocacy of the doctrine of continuity [i.e evolutionism] has always necessitated on retreat from pure empiricism [i.e., logic an…
— Michael Denton
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Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.
— Unknown Author
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Sometimes, after you have taken part in a seven, one or two-day retreat, you could feel that your level of practice had risen. That was…
— Ching Hai
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Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and…
— E. Merrill Root
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The key to happiness: You may speak of love and tenderness and passion, but real ecstasy is discovering you haven't lost your keys after all.…
— Rajneesh
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I have sort of a Zen body philosophy, I'm sort of like: we're one weight one day, we're one weight another day, and some day…
— Lena Dunham
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Can it be believed that the democracy which overthrew the feudal system and vanquished kings will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists?
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured…
— Beryl Markham
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So, my fellow Christians, protest this film if you like, but then how about devoting some energy to fill the vacuum created by your retreat…
— Cal Thomas
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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…
— Farid al-Din Attar
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The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people. When an action is outside the experience of the people, the result is…
— Saul Alinsky
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