--- title: "8 Seeking Refuge Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Seeking Refuge quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Seeking Refuge sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/clemantine-wamariya-9617_believe_if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refu_9752.jpg" --- > [If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clemantine-wamariya/if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refuge-is-to-be-pitied-feared/) [Clemantine Wamariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clemantine-wamariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/clemantine-wamariya-9617_believe_if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refu_9752.jpg) > [“Sometimes he remembered having heard how soldiers under fire in the trenches, and having nothing to do, try hard to find some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/sometimes-he-remembered-having-heard-how-soldiers-under-fire-in-the/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/leo-tolstoy-55_government-service_sometimes-he-remembered-having-heard-how_182747.png) > [“WE ARE We are the lost ones Seeking refuge in dark alleys Told we are not forgotten We are a past generation's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-n-harris/we-are-we-are-the-lost-ones-seeking-refuge-in-dark-alleys-told-we-are/) [José N. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-n-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/jos-n-harris-929_forgiveness_we-are-we-are-the-lost-ones-seeking-refu_248915.jpg) > [All of us, as humans, as Americans, as people who are lucky enough to be a part of this country's ideals, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-ruhle/all-of-us-as-humans-as-americans-as-people-who-are-lucky-enough-to-be/) [Stephanie Ruhle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-ruhle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/stephanie-ruhle-7203_americans_all-of-us-as-humans-as-americans-as-peop_307773.jpg) > [History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-foster/history-has-not-looked-kindly-on-us-when-we-ve-prevented-people/) [Bill Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/bill-foster-8681_country_history-has-not-looked-kindly-on-us-when_422045.png) > [Safely welcoming those seeking refuge into our country is the right thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lieu/safely-welcoming-those-seeking-refuge-into-our-country-is-the-right/) [Ted Lieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-lieu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/ted-lieu-4499_country_safely-welcoming-those-seeking-refuge-in_615214.jpg) > [“Have the people living here under untroubled circumstances and at so great a distance from the wars of others been afflicted with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-erpenbeck/have-the-people-living-here-under-untroubled-circumstances-and-at-so/) [Jenny Erpenbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-erpenbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/jenny-erpenbeck-24088_poverty_have-the-people-living-here-under-untrou_765424.jpg) > [“Average man is ever seeking refuge in failure so that he can surrender on the terms of his reason, but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-un-mares/average-man-is-ever-seeking-refuge-in-failure-so-that-he-can/) [Théun Mares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-un-mares/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/th-un-mares-12077_failure_average-man-is-ever-seeking-refuge-in-fa_2330782.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeking-refuge/#itemlist", "name": "Seeking Refuge Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clemantine Wamariya" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clemantine-wamariya/if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refuge-is-to-be-pitied-feared/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/clemantine-wamariya-9617_believe_if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refu_9752.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/clemantine-wamariya-9617_believe_if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refu_9752.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/clemantine-wamariya-9617_believe_if-we-believe-that-a-person-seeking-refu_9752.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are…” — Clemantine Wamariya", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sometimes he remembered having heard how soldiers under fire in the trenches, and having nothing to do, try hard to find some occupation the more easily to bear the danger. It seemed to Pierre that all men were like those soldiers, seeking refuge from life: some in ambition, some in cards, some in framing laws, some in women, some in playthings, some in horses, some in politics, some in sport, some in wine, and some in government service. 'Nothing is without consequence, and nothing is important: it's all the same in the end. The thing to do is to save myself from it all as best I can,' thought Pierre. 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