Quotes About Refuge

The wilderness once offered men a plausible way of life," the doctor said. "Now it functions as a psychiatric refuge. Soon there will be no wilderness." He sipped at his bourbon and ice. "Soon there will be no place to go. Then the madness becomes universal." Another thought. "And the universe goes mad.

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 wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we many never need to go there.

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadows of a great rock in a weary land.

I go for refuge to the Buddha.I go for refuge to the Doctrine.I go for refuge to the Order [of monks].

Say: "He is God, One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone."

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men!

Sextus was safely inside the harbor of Messana;

Wherever you go, let Christ be your refuge. Put your hope in Him, and you won't be disappointed by what life offers.

Deber y responsabilidad. Qué seguro refugio ofrecían ambas cosas en momentos que exigían decisiones difíciles.

A minha própria loucura refugiada dentro dela mesma, como num ataúde, a loucura dos outros que julgam ver aqui um autêntico ataúde, por consequência um ataúde que se pode transportar, abrir, destruir, trocar por qualquer outro.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

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

Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.

Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.

If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.'

The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum is to find a country that's both willing and able to protect you from political persecution. In no way is asylum an endorsement of a country's politics, laws, or values.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Je devais un jour opter pour la littérature, qui me paraissait le dernier refuge, sur cette terre, de tous ceux qui ne savent pas où se fourrer.

La comicità ha una grande virtù: è un posto sicuro in cui ciò che è serio può rifugiarsi e sopravvivere.»