Refuge Quotes

464 Refuge quotes by 355 unique authors

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at… — Ambrose
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted… — Charles Dickens
I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We all want a… — Afeni Shakur
The glorious Vishnu is the sole refuge of mortals. He is Infinite Light, Love and Wisdom. He resides in the hearts of all beings. His… — Sivananda
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility. — Jean Cocteau
What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt. — Robert Breault
Kirtan is for all people. There are no experts, no beginners. The practice itself is the teacher, guiding us to ourselves. Kirtan allows us to… — Jai Uttal
A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town,… — Alexander Hamilton
Home is the sacred refuge of our life. — John Dryden
The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge. — Albert Camus
Religion pervades intensely the whole frame of society, and is according to the temper of the mind which it inhabits, a passion, a persuasion, an… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's… — Jeremy Rifkin
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven. — George Sand
In the city one clings to nostalgic and unreal signs of community, takes forced refuge in codes, badges and coteries; the city's life, of surfaces… — Jonathan Raban
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Don't drink on an empty stomach: the main point of the refreshment is the enhancement of food. Don't drink if you have the blues: it's… — Christopher Hitchens
Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and… — Marisa Tomei
Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to… — Soong May-ling
Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. — Hugh Mackay
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their… — Mahmoud Abbas
The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert… — Edward Abbey
Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. — Bob Dylan
I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced… — Tara Brach
London clubland divides itself between the St James's refuge for toffs, and the Conquest of Cool, for the arts and media. — Peter York
You can drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, on every continental shelf and atop every hill in America for that matter, and you still… — Roscoe Bartlett

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355 authors contributed a total of 464 Refuge Quotes, led by these top contributors: