Refuge Quotes

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

Even a hunter cannot kill a bird which flies to him for refuge.

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

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

Here’s someone who says there’s no such thing, it’s all intelligent design. How sure am I of my own views? Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus, and the feeling that whatever you think you’re bound to be okay, because you’re in the safely moral majority.

God, you are my refuge into eternity

Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.

Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.

You are your own refuge There is no other You cannot save another You can only save yourself.

There is really nothing more to say - except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.

Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

Science has destroyed even the refuge of the inner life. What was once a sheltering haven has become a place of terror

It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.

I love to say that not only is the throne room of God a place of reverence, it's always a place of refuge. So when everything else in life seems to be shifting, or breaking and shaking apart, there's a place that is always stable, safe, and constant. When we draw near to God in worship, and approach His throne, we tap into that. It's a very re-assuring place, where we're reminded that there's a God on His throne, and even when we don't understand everything, we can trust it to Him.

He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself.

The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.

Art still has truth. Take refuge there.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.

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

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

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

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

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

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

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

There is no refuge from yourself.

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

Poems have always been a place for questions for me. Not answers. And I have a lot of questions these days. One of the reasons I've felt so connected to poetry throughout the years is because it's the only art form that has breath built into it. And I need that breath now. I need that breath so much. So, yes, it is a refuge for me. Absolutely.

...the haunted always take refuge in stillness.

Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.

I felt the tributaries of his veins, wished to enter into his bloodstream, travel there, dissolved and bodiless, to take refuge in the thick walled chambers of his heart.

We take refuge in illness and then are trapped there.

Prejudices are the refuge of those who cannot think for themselves.

When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up.

Home is the sacred refuge of our life.

Your home is your refuge.

It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.