#retreat

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat. ↗

— Tracy K. Smith

#kind #retreat #writer

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. ↗

— Randall Terry

#context #cowardice #justify #out #retreat

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

#jewel #retreat #art

-Nice concept. -What is? -Retreating. Getting away from the grind. -Oh, you never do. You just change gears. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#escaping-from-reality #nova #retreating #change

Coordinating the retreat was important too, so important that Jiaan had assigned Aram as Fasal's assistant, to be sure he didn't overlook anything important. Like the fact that they were supposed to retreat. ↗

— Hilari Bell

#funny #retreating #funny

To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#retreat #strategy #intelligence

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." [The Minotaur] ↗

— Albert Camus

#retreat #solitude #understanding

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#alienation #day #escape #left #only

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#alarm #arm #between #boldly #brilliance

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#burning #burning desire #cut #desire #doing