Quotes About Retreat

In camp before the Quadi he dates the first book of his Meditations, and shows how he could retire within himself amid the coarse clangour of arms.

I affirm that tranquillity is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind. Constantly then give to thyself this retreat, and renew thyself; and let thy principles be brief and fundamental, which, as soon as thou shalt recur to them, will be sufficient to cleanse the soul completely, and to send thee back free from all discontent with the things to which thou returnest.

They seek for themselves private retiring places, as country villages, the sea-shore, mountains; yea thou thyself art wont to long much after such places. But all this thou must know proceeds from simplicity in the highest degree. At what time soever thou wilt, it is in thy power to retire into thyself, and to be at rest, and free from all businesses.

People try to get away from it all—to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: you can get away from it anytime you like. By going within.

Each guest had retired, as an animal retires with a bone to the back of its cage, to chew over some single obsession.

retreat to Dunkirk. I didn't hear for nearly

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.

I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

I've always been proud of you, except when you retreat, and give in to your suffering. I haven't been so proud when you do that. But you always come back. No matter how dreadful the defeat, you come back.

I center down - I retreat, not inside myself, but outside myself. ... Self-forgetfulness is tremendously invigorating. I wonder if we don't waste most of our energy just by spending every waking minute saying hello to ourselves.

severing Sherman's life line he would provoke him into rashness or oblige him to retreat.

I suggest you leave. Now. (Nykyrian) (The would-be attackers flee.) Had you said 'boo,' I think they would have wet themselves. (Kiara)

Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.

I'm the last person to ask about unrequited love - I've run away to the Moon and fled to its valleys...

The cottage has a Peloton, an espresso machine, and a bottle of tequila on the kitchen table just for you.

As Muire and the pretty gigolo sat down, the landlord appeared from his strategic retreat and came to them across the empty bar.

I…discovered I liked my own dance. So I stayed away and they requested another retreat on, which they were legally obligated to give me. And that I decided I wasn't going back at all.

I was losing this round, and I neded to disengage without seming like I was running away.

a place she could go to and be alone,

If the retreat house was a trap, it was a very nice one.