Believe Quote by Clemantine Wamariya

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.

— Anonymous

“Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependance upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree…

— Bill W

We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful, more hardened…

— Pema Chodron

“When we are tempted to give in to despair, to give up to self-indulgence or apathy, we have a place of refuge that will…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

For centuries, our country has welcomed people fleeing religious persecution, war and humanitarian crises to create a better future for themselves and their futures.…

— Jaime Harrison

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

— Rachel Naomi Remen

And it’s not just that ‘we all need somebody to lean on’; recent work on giving support shows that caring for others is often…

— Jonathan Haidt

“Encouragement is important for in our daily walk we all will encounter some degree of adversity. At times due to fear we give the…

— Ahlumba Harris

“Why should we isolate people who are brave enough to try to become like us--who want to help people? Why should we treat them…

— Cassandra Clare

“A defensive insensitivity that refuses to acknowledge the sufferings of those with whom we disagree is far too often where this obsession with persecution…

— Candida R. Moss

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

— Chris Cleave

The kind of support the down-and-out need is the kind we have always refused them, the kind that would mean engaging with them not…

— Donella Meadows