Sanctuary Quotes

204 quotes by 176 authors

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. — Julie Burchill
There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home. — Edward Everett
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the… — C.S. Lewis
Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced. — Mitt Romney
Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all… — Laozi
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, and the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his arms, but also a kind… — H. L. Mencken
The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years,… — Thomas Paine
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good. — Kobe Bryant
The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return… — Pat Conroy
In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change. — Richard J. Foster
As I age I am grateful to find that a silence has begun to gather in me, coexisting with my tempers and my fears, unchanged… — Rachel Naomi Remen
In a word, I consider hospitals only as the entrance to scientific medicine; they are the first field of observation which a physician enters; but… — Claude Bernard
When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar. — Saint John Chrysostom
Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person. — Rachel Naomi Remen
If cities have souls, Sanctuary's was troubled long before Tempus got here, and will be troubled long after he and his are gone. — Janet Morris
I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O Lord, inspire me… — Clare of Assisi
And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that… — Pope John Paul II
Something awful is always going to happen, Arton. It's Sanctuary. You're a Stepson. Awful is a big part of your job. — Janet Morris
There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help… — Cyril Connolly
The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all… — Alice Walker

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