Quotes About Sanctuary

only the high priest can enter the Holy of Holies, and on only one day a year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, when all sins of Israel are wiped clean. On this day, the high priest comes into presence of God to atone for the whole nation. If he is worthy of God's blessing, Israel's sins are forgiven. If he is not, a rope tied to his waist ensures that when God strikes him dead, he can be dragged out of the Holy of Holies without anyone else defiling the sanctuary.

The pool is their sanctuary, their refuge, the one place on earth they can go to escape from their pain, for it is only down below in the waters that their symptoms begin to abate. The moment I see that painted black line, I feel fine.

But we never say, the pool. Because the pool is ours and ours alone. It's my own secret Valhalla.

Jedes Buch ist ein Ort an den man wieder und wieder zurück kehren kann.

A man's head is his castle.

The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world.

It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.

A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities.

A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude.

A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.

You need a sanctuary. Somewhere where it doesn't feel like it's being tainted by everybody's opinions and other people's money. I think I'm kind of homesick right now.

Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning.

In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity.

Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

Music is a place to take refuge. It's a sanctuary from mediocrity and boredom. It's innocent and it's a place you can lose yourself in thoughts, memories and intricacies.

In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

That's what music is for me. It's a place to go to.

Nature is our chapel.

All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

All nature is the temple; earth the altar.

We need places to scream and run wild as well as places to be quiet.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace