Quotes About Sanctuary

We need a place, she said, just for us. It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in the whole world about it.

Since science is without morals, it offers itself as a sanctuary from the dangers of emotional commitment.

Americans really believe that the past is past, he writes. They do not care to know that the past soaks the present like the light of a distant star. Things that are over do not end. They come inside us, and seek sanctuary in subjectivity. And there they live on, in the consciousness of individuals and communities. The forward thrust of exuberance, like closure, risks leaving behind an essential past.

Pills cannot, do not, ease one back into reality; they only bring one back headlong, careening, and faster than can be endured at times. Psychotherapy is a sanctuary; it is a battleground; it is a place I have been psychotic, neurotic, elated, confused, and despairing beyond belief.

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.

haven, a place to rest and get clean and whole

La tormenta que había estallado en su corazón amainó ligeramente. La penumbra y el frescor del interior, entre los imponentes muros de piedra, le hicieron sentir la trascendencia de la eternidad. Los problemas terrenales eran temporales, incluso los peores: ese era el mensaje que transmitía el templo a sus visitantes. El corazón volvió a latirle con normalidad.

For there is always a sanctuary more, a door that can never be forced, a last inviolable stronghold that can never be taken, whatever the attack; your vote can be taken, you name, you innards, or even your life, but that last stonghold can only be surrendered. And to surrender it for any reason other than love is to surrender love.

I am in the House of Mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

May the Lord answer you when you are in distress May the name of the God of Jacob protect you May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.

the shaven head and the man in white pants and the black woolen

He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece.

you tell others that Christianity has become degraded, they may argue with you by saying that they have the Lord's presence in their meetings. We must admit this fact. It is true that the Lord is a sanctuary for a little while to those in captivity. We should not say that they do not have the real presence of the Lord at all; rather, we should point out that this is only a temporary sanctuary.

After all, is there any person so unhappy, so abandoned, that he doesn't have a little den into which he can withdraw and hide away from everyone? Nothing more elaborate is needed for the journey.

Pizza Hut, and then Pizza Express, before seeking sanctuary in the doorway of a Domino's Pizza.

The world and its institutions engulf and suffocate us. We runners find our sanctuary in retreating to the roadways and trails, our sacred reprieve. The wonder isn't that we go; it's that we come back.

Blessed books--they're a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

Let thy sacred heart be thy holy home.

My heart is my home.

The heart is a sacred home.

Every human being has to build a secret temple in his soul where he can shelter himself and find himself again and again.

My favorite place for taking a vacation is found in my library.

Confound it, Madam, my head is out of bounds! It's the one spot where I can have a bit of peace!