Refuge Quotes
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Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as a refuge. Resort to no other refuge. Whosoever, either now or after I am gone, shall be islands unto themselves, shall seek no eternal refuge, it is they, among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be keen to progress.
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Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex.
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No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.
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Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
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Religious faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is instead, an inner spiritual strength which enables them to face those storms with hope and serenity.
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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
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Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.
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Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
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Like the ostrich, head under wing When the roaring storm breaks,So many people take refuge Under the soft pillow Of specious arguments.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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My only refuge, as a serious young man, from the despair of my financial burden to my family, is that I did everything I could to never permit myself any amusements or diversions except those afforded by my studies.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.
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Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.
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Judea and Samaria can be a place of refuge for the nation.
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Philanthropy has become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
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Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.
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Music became my refuge and then my salvation.
