Refuge Quotes - Page 25

• To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Life, Book, Reading

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• We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

  Tara Brach

  Heart, Mind, Moments

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• ...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I had taken refuge in it until it became confused with my own life, like someone who has escaped into the pages of a novel because those whom he needs to love seem nothing more than ghosts inhabiting the mind of a stranger.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Lonely, Confused, Taken

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.172, Penguin

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• As for me and my house, I have no other refuge than this command of Jesus, 'Only believe' that is my refuge.

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Believe, House

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• I think photography was inside me. Once I found it, it became stronger than me and I took refuge in it.

  Raymond Depardon

  Photography, Thinking, Stronger

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• Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

  Aristotle

  Success, Education, Teaching

  Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.

  Anthony of Padua

  Religious, Cities, Evil

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• Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Lying, Shepherds, Doe

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