Refuge Quotes

464 Refuge quotes by 355 unique authors

We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You have to doubt… — Thomas Merton
Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports. — Mason Cooley
Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable. — Madeleine M. Kunin
Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace. — Max Lucado
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been… — Clarence Thomas
I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me. — Ibn Ata Allah
When the world is mad, a mathematician may find in mathematics an incomparable anodyne. For mathematics is, of all the arts and sciences, the most… — G. H. Hardy
Hate is the last refuge of the ignorant. Love is the medicine. Compassion is the gift of the awakened ones. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
While I am watching the birds I believe I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild… — Anna Kavan
Music is my life. Music runs through my veins. Music inspires me. Music is a part of me. Music is all around us. Music soothes… — Demi Lovato
The perfection of His relation to us swallows up all our imperfections, all our defeats, all our evils; for our childhood is born of His… — George MacDonald
Hipsters seek refuge in church, Our Lady of Perpetual Subculture. There is some discussion as to whether or not they are still cool but then… — Colson Whitehead
Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated and lonely people.… — Dylan Moran
Don't take refuge in the false security of consensus. — Christopher Hitchens
Even though most people who reject Christianity treat it as a refuge for enemies of reason, the truth is that there may be no worldview… — Ronald H. Nash
Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge. — Rachel Naomi Remen
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence… — Tara Brach
To the human mind there is something almost illogical in the assertion that God became a man. It is like speaking about a square circle.… — Ralph P. Martin
What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed every day. Surely,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Befriending the life in others is sometimes a complex matter. There are times when we offer our strength and protection, but these are usually only… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive. — Charles Eliot Norton
In the day of prosperity, we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only One. — Horatius Bonar

Who Wrote These Refuge Quotes

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