Refuge Quotes · Page 11

“The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.”

— E.M. Forster

Because of the Saviors Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word and a marvelous refuge.

— Theodore M. Burton

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.

— John Milton

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -Psalm xlvi. 1

— Bible

If a lion is not accepted in its own den, it will find no refuge in the rest of the jungle.

— Wes Fesler

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

— Ernest Bramah

“Literature "has always been the last refuge, in this world, for those who do not know where to lay their dreaming heads.”

— Romaine Gary

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

— Oscar Wilde

Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and…

— Saint Augustine

Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact…

— John Irving

It's going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to…

— Milla Jovovich

The deepest, the intelligible, part of the nature of man is that part which does not take refuge in causality, but which…

— Otto Weininger

I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go…

— Susan Stroman

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge…

— Horace

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we…

— Sharon Salzberg

Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,.…

— Russ Feingold

We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You…

— Thomas Merton

O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics.…

— Pope Pius XII

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body.…

— Anonymous

Take refuge in silence. You can be here or there or anywhere. Fixed in silence, established in the inner 'I', you can…

— Ramana Maharshi

Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing…

— Margaret Mitchell

In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening,…

— Anais Nin

The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine…

— Laozi

Every so often a disappearance is in order. A vanishing. A checking out. An indeterminate period of unavailability. Each person, each sane…

— John Murray

“Nostalgia is the intimate refuge of every man and every woman in a world seemingly gone mad.”

— John Larkins

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

— Punkinhead Abhishek

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Taking refuge means that you align and orient your life toward Buddha's example and toward enlightenment.

— Reb Anderson

Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo.

— Neal Boortz

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

— Oscar Wilde

“When the world caves in Still my hope will cling To Your promise Where my courage ends Let my heart find strength…

— Hillsong

“Wherever you go, let Christ be your refuge. Put your hope in Him, and you won’t be disappointed by what life offers.”

— Francine Rivers

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.

— Steven Morrissey

At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.

— Fulton J. Sheen

When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.

— Roscoe Conkling

My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games.

— Cam Newton

“None of this was real, after all. It was just a refuge in her mind.”

— Stephen King

Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.

— Elie Wiesel

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.

— Anonymous