"Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU." ― Shannon L. Alder
"Some details in life may look insignificant but appear to be vital leitmotifs in a person's life. They may have the value of "Rosebuds" of Citizen Kane or "Madeleine cookies" of Marcel Proust or "Strawberry fields" of the Beatles. People regularly walk down the memory lane of their early youth. The paper boats of their childhood are recurrently floating on the waves of their mind and bring back the mood and the spirit of the early days. They enable us to retreat from the trivial, daily worries and can generate delightful bliss and true joy in a sometimes frantic and chaotic life. ("Paper boats forever" )" ― Erik Pevernagie
"He who advances without seeking fame, Who retreats without escaping blame, He whose one aim is to protect his people and serve his lord, The man is a jewel of the Realm" ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Go deeply into the urge to be silent and not the mental interference of how, where and when. If you follow silence to its source you can be taken by it in a moment." ― Jean Klein, Who Am I?: The Sacred Quest
"The darkness makes everything disappear but it makes nothing go away." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Surrendering is intentionally laying down the power I possess. And have I considered that the power I lay down is often more powerful than that which I'm laying it down in front of? Therefore, I would be wise to recognize that surrender is less the absence of power and more the presence of fear." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"There are many places where we choose to hide. And in the hiding, we soon realize that hiding never eliminates what we are hiding from." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"When we intentionally tune into one another
We enter another realm.
We begin to speak without words. Feel without touch.
See with our eyes closed.
Our bond is soul deep
and our love is a retreat
from this world as we know it." ― Sanjo Jendayi
"Without silence, we can neither know ourselves, another, or the depth of anything beautiful. We learn how to take silence into the noise." ― Donna Goddard, Pittown
"Swarms of bees, beetles, soft music of the world, a gentle humming; brent geese, barnacle geese, shortly before All Hallows, music of the dark wild torrent. (Medieval poem by a monk of Ynys Enlli, an island off the coast of Wales)" ― Robert Macfarlane, The Wild Places
"There are many disappointed and discontented men and women, exasperated with society, uneasy with seclusion, galled by the bonds of the world when they feel its multitudinous emulation, unable to enjoy freedom and repose when they retreat into solitude." ― William Rounseville Alger, The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life
"The higher we look on the scale of strength and individuality, the more isolated we see that the nature and habits of creatures are. The eagle chooses his eyrie in the bleakest solitude; the condor affects the deserted empyrean; the leopard prowls through the jungle by himself; the lion has a lonely lair. So with men. While savages, like the Hottentots, gibber in their kraals, and, among civilized nations, the dissipated and the frivolous collect in clubs and assemblies, dreading to be left in seclusion, the poet loves his solitary walk, the saint retreats to be closeted with God, and the philosopher wraps himself in immensity." ― William Rounseville Alger, The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life
"Take a yoga retreat week." ― Adrienne Posey
"Diversions and detours of our grandest designs only serve to bolster our need to be in the places that we're vigorously trying to walk away from." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough, The Eighth Page: A Christmas Journey
"Withdrawal is not really a choice. Nor is it something one should try to do. Some people will find that their attachment to the world has, without effort, diminished and they will crave solitude. They may withdraw from mainstream life in order to focus on their growth. Withdrawal can be deceptive in appearance. A person can live an apparently solitary lifestyle but their mind is full of noise. On the other hand, someone can have the appearance of a normal life but, unknown to others, be in a state of inner solitude." ― Donna Goddard, Pittown
"It is the aversion to fear that kills the greatest of dreams. And until the aversion to the death of our dreams outpaces the fears that kill them, what we could achieve will only be a dream." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"How many times have I told them that I'm enjoying life and finally taking my time? While in reality, it's actually time that's taking me, bit by bit, like the cruel tide gnawing at the cliffside. Retirement, my ass! More like a retreat from life!" ― Zidrou & Aimée de Jongh, L´onsolescence programmée de nos sentiments
"While it may seem incomprehensible to many, the path to victory is often achieved by understanding that surrender, rightly timed and wisely executed, is what positions situations for victory in a manner that we could not otherwise coerce." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The only thing that we should give up on is the idea that we should be giving up." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"To 'give up' on the idea of 'giving up' is the first step in 'getting up." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"It is essential to continue to take that next small step forward, no matter how small it is. With each step, each decision, you build momentum and it becomes easier to continue moving forward and harder to retreat" ― Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Above All Else
"The greatest fatigue that we experience is not incurred in fighting the battle. Rather, the greatest fatigue occurs when we run from the battle, for cowardice in retreat is always more exhausting than bravery forging ahead." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The only reason that we've settled is that there's something greater that we've let slip away." ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
"There's nothing wrong with coming back, the Sun does it every day. - On the Reluctance of Going Back" ― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening
"There is no retreat like repentance." ― Lailah Gifty Akita
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