QUOTES

Within yourself a stillness, a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.  (Herman Hess)

A spiritual retreat is medicine for soul starvation. Through silence, solitary practice, and simple living, we begin to fill the empty reservoir.  This lifts the veils, dissolves the masks, and creates space within for the feelings of forgiveness, compassion, and loving kindness that are so often blocked.  (David A. Cooper)

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. (Marcus Aurelius)

At times when I am myself sitting at a retreat, and at the end I get into my car to drive away, I watch my hand move forward to turn on the radio. When I can be mindful, I notice the fact that I actually don’t want in that moment to listen to the news or hear some music.  (Sharon Salzberg)

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.  (Luke 5:16)

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.  (Albert Camus)

If we seek solitary retreat, you will be more often refreshed.  (Lailah Gifty Akita)

I long for, not a writer’s retreat – I can write in any situation – but a reader’s retreat.  (Aleksander Hemon)

Running is just such a monastery – a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.   (George Sheehan)

I’m like the trunk of a cactus…I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.  (Nancy Horan)

 After a two-week intensive retreat earlier this month, I was contemplating the difference between daily practice and retreat. I mentioned this to music therapist Christine Stevens and she replied,  “It’s the difference between taking a shower and immersing yourself in a long bath.”  (Brian Spielmann)