#retreat

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

— Albert Camus

#retreat #solitude #understanding

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#mistake #never #politics #retract #retreat

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. ↗

— Aphra Behn

#found #friend #good #library #life

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#country #disgrace #fame #fearing #general

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#author #challenges #emotional #explain #film

I've never been in a Sweat Lodge. I, myself, personally don't even like sitting in a sauna, so I've never been to a spiritual retreat so I don't understand the whole process. ↗

— Hulk Hogan

#even #i #like #lodge #myself

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#forces #iraqi #iraqi forces #mother #retreats

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion. ↗

— Potter Stewart

#core #free #governmental #his #history

The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#corridors #decade #during #elephants #heavy

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. ↗

— Ferdinand Foch

#center #excellent #giving #i #retreat