Refuge Quotes

The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza.

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Teaching is the last refuge of feeble minds with a classical education.

Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run along the ruled line.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.

Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

Gaming has been resorted to by the affluent as a refuge from ennui. It is a mental dram, and may succeed for a moment; but, like all other stimuli, it produces indirect debility.

Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are a refuge or a mission.

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.

For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium [and one's home is the safest refuge to everyone].

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.

The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.

Comedy is the last refuge of the non-comformist mind.

A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.

In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge.

If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor.

We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.

There is no refuge from yourself.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.

I have always felt that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats the last sanctuary of the terminally inept.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

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

Taking refuge means that you align and orient your life toward Buddha's example and toward enlightenment.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.

Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.

What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge.

The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.

Those who believe patriotism to be the last refuge of the scoundrel have underestimated compassion.

Precision in dress is the neurotic refuge of the perpetually insecure.

I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me.

When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.

I've come to see conspiracy theories as the refuge of those who have lost their natural curiosity and ability to cope with change.

The Lord is my strength, my strong rock, my defense, my deliverer, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge. Amen.

From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.

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 refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.

Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.

Its going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.

Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of everyone who takes refuge vows.

Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last refuge for it is documentary filmmaking.

Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world.