Retreat Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “In pleasure and in pain I stand not by the side of men, and thus stand by thee. I shrink to give up my life, and thus do not plunge into the great waters of life.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Existence, Emotional Conflict, Love, Retreat, Introspection

2. “Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.”

John Milton

Solitude, Peace, Retreat, Nature, Self-reflection

3. “Into being a priest, into this arrogance, into this spirituality, his self had retreated, there it sat firmly and grew, while he thought he would kill it by fasting and penance.”

Hermann Hesse

Spirituality, Self, Retreat, Irony, Growth, Personal Conflict

4. “How indeed is it possible for one human being to be sorry for all the sadness that meets him on the face of the earth, for the pain that is endured not only by men, but by animals and plants, and perhaps by the stones? The soul is tired in a moment, and in fear of losing the little she does understand, she retreats to the permanent lines which habit or chance have dictated, and suffers there.”

E.M. Forster

Sadness, Pain, Soul, Retreat, Universal Suffering, Emotional Fatigue

5. “The place suggested a convent with the modern improvements – an asylum in which privacy, though unbroken, might be not quite identical with privation, and meditation, though monotonous, might be of a cheerful cast.”

Henry James

Solitude, Reflection, Comfort, Retreat, Sanctuary, Introspection

6. “His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.”

Carl Jung

Personal Retreat, Community Role, Search Quietude, Retreat, Community, Quietude

7. “Those who retreat will spend a lot of time justifying why they are retreating.”

Grant Cardone

Retreat, Justification, Success, Growth, Mindset

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