Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The families had chosen to seek refuge in the historic sanctuary and had hung a banner out front that read, “How can… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Under the word refuge , I found this definition: "Small structure high in the mountains where climbers can spend the night." In… — Jacques Poulin Copy Share Image
Silence arrests flight, so that in its refuge, the need to flee the chaos of noise diminishes. We let the world creep… — Barbara Hurd Copy Share Image
“One afternoon I was playing, lost in the music. I worried each time that I became lost in the music a little… — Jacob Wren Copy Share Image
We are here among you as seekers of refuge from our present-your future-a time of worldwide famine, exhausted fuel supplies, terminal poverty-the… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“A forbidding-looking place, certainly, but that only made it seem the more pitiful. It was the refuge of twenty-two men who, at… — Alfred Lansing Copy Share Image
“I take refuge in the Buddha,” that means I take refuge in the courage and the potential of fearlessness, of removing all… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The first western gardens were those in the Mediterranean basin. There in the desert areas stretching from North Africa to the valleys… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
dreams must not take the place of actual life, nor constitute themselves a cowardly escape from it, but become rather a sanctuary… — Maude Meagher Copy Share Image
Tolerance is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My only refuge, as a serious young man, from the despair of my financial burden to my family, is that I did… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I could not separate the Bird Refuge from my family. Devastation respects no boundaries. The landscape of my childhood and the landscape… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
God is our refuge and strength..always ready to help in times of troubles so we will not fear even if the earthquakes… — Mahsa Copy Share Image
“It was never a gift; it was refuge. It was his hole. A coffin he crawled into. And now it’s like the… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Ghosts do not haunt, they regress. Just as when you need to go to sleep you think of trees or lawns, you… — Max Porter Copy Share Image
“Whatever happens during rainy time, you don't need to wish it to stop just you to be protected because some people needs… — Nathaniel E. Quimada Copy Share Image
“children with calm efficiency, escorting them safely into the keep. When all were accounted for, she took refuge there as well. Ian… — Glynnis Campbell Copy Share Image
Scientists willing to risk their reputations on higher dimensions soon found themselves ridiculed by the scientific community. Higher-dimensional space became the last… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“what it is...is a place where I can return to myself. It's enough of a scramble to get to...that the energy expended… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. Are you in the wilderness? Find refuge in… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to admit I was aware of what she was doing. Which is alright. But you shouldn't let someone seek… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I am passionate about making sure that we collectively and proactively preserve all of the world's most iconic coastal and oceanic wild… — Serge Dedina Copy Share Image
Baseball was my refuge. When I came on the field, I did my job, and did the best I could and focused… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
The roots of India's soft power run deep. India's is a civilization that, over millennia, has offered refuge and, more importantly, religious… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Be a light unto yourself; betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone… — Buddha Shakyamuni Copy Share Image
“If we want to let loose and let reality sink in, silence can be a welcoming partner. It becomes a refuge, a… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all… — Bill Frisell Copy Share Image
I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife… — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
Whatever happens during rainy time, you don't need to wish it to stop just you to be protected. Instead, go for a… — Nathaniel Quimada Copy Share Image
