“ Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
“ An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self-being; if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself. ”
- Karl Jaspers- Copy
“ Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
“ In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
“ Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. ”
- Joseph Conrad- Copy
“ Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ”
- Marcus Aurelius- Copy
“ Stand still… and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast. ”
- Chuck Swindoll- Copy
“ But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat, To closer shades the panting flocks remove; Ye gods! and is there no relief for love? ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
“ When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. ”
- Herodotus- Copy
“ The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue. ”
- Mao Tse Tung- Copy
“ It is necessary for us to withdraw at regular intervals and enable our souls to attain that quietude and inward composure which are essential if we would hear the voice of God. ”
- Hallesby- Copy
“ When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. ”
- Edith Hamilton- Copy
“ If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success. ”
- Francis de Sales- Copy
“ I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friendship. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
“ If this life be not a real fight in which something is eternally gained… it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. ”
- William James- Copy
“ It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them. ”
- Barbara Ward- Copy
“ Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary. ”
- Peter Minard- Copy
“ Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one. ”
- Baltasar Gracian- Copy
“ The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. ”
- Epicurus- Copy
“ There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the best as the past withdraws. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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