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In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted… — Omar Khayyam
The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms… — William Ernest Henley
Man is about to be an automaton; he is identifiable only in the computer. As a person of worth and creativity, as a being with… — William O. Douglas
A revolution does not march a straight line. It wanders where it can, retreats before superior forces, advances wherever it has room, attacks whenever the… — Mao Zedong
There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice. — Thomas Clarkson
These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats! — John Burroughs
Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this… — Marcus Aurelius
I like the idea of going to one of those retreats where you don't speak - like, silence for five days. — Madonna Ciccone
Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. — Benjamin Netanyahu
My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. — Sharon Salzberg
He domesticated and developed the native wild flowers. He had one hill-side solidly clad with that low-growing purple verbena which mats over the hills of… — Willa Cather
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,… — E. M. Forster
Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips… — Eduardo Galeano
Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ... "Not this again." "Not what again?" said Clary. "Every time I annoy him, he retreats into… — Cassandra Clare
How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build… — E. M. Forster
There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to… — Milan Kundera
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table; Let us… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes… — Dean Koontz
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die. — Frank Herbert
He who retreats lives longer. — Michael Scott
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:… — John Green
She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made… — Bernhard Schlink
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent. — Charles Caleb Colton
To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise...Let… — Samuel Johnson

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