Sanctuary Quotes - Page 5

• My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.

  Christopher Paolini

  Men, Mind, Safe

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.478, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• In a library, you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard that you will get shushed, in the friendliest way. I have found sanctuary in libraries my whole life, and there is sanctuary there now, from the war, from the storms of our families and our own minds. Libraries are like mountains or meadows or creeks: sacred space. So this afternoon, I'll walk to the library.

  Anne Lamott

  War, Space, Laughing

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.143, Penguin

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• [Donald Trump] put this issue at the center of this presidential campaign in the Republican primaries. And his position and his principles have been absolutely consistent. We're going to secure the border. We're going to build a wall, have a physical barrier. We're going to enforce the laws of this country, end sanctuary cities, implement E-Verify.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Wall, Issues

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Silence, Prudence, Silence Is

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• Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?

  William Shakespeare

  Evil, Desire, May

  William Shakespeare, N. W. Bawcutt (1998). “Measure for Measure”, p.132, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The cemetery is my sense of comfort, my sanctuary in a world of darkness, the one piece of light that i have in my life.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Light, Darkness, Comfort

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• If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat.

  Azar Nafisi

  Book, Order, Retreat

  Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.170, Random House

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• Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

  Julie Burchill

  Suicide, Hollywood, Growing

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• What more could one ask of a companion? To be forever new and yet forever steady, to be strange and familiar all at once, with enough change to quicken my mind, enough steadiness to give sanctuary to my heart. The books on my shelf never asked to come together and they would not trust or want to listen to one another. But each is a piece of a stained-glass whole, without which I wouldn’t make sense to myself or to the world outside.

  Pico Iyer

  Book, Heart, Glasses

  "Great Reads In Store: Indie Booksellers Pick 2012's Best". www.npr.org. December 13, 2012.

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• The genius of art finds sanctuary among children and madmen to survive.That is who we are.

  Marilyn Manson

  Art, Children, Genius

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• Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Ambition

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• Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus or theater - making the Gospel visible as a witness to the world around us.

  Shane Claiborne

  World, Circus, Worship

  Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Enuma Okoro (2010). “Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals”, p.327, Zondervan

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• Our Heavenly Father has organized us into families for the purpose of helping us successfully meet the trials and challenges of life. The home also exists to bless us with the joys and privileges of family associations. Our family is our safety place, our support network, our sanctuary, and our salvation.

  Rex D. Pinegar

  Father, Home, Safety

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• It is within the sanctuary of the Church that we protect our faith. Meeting together with others who believe, we pray and find answers to our prayers; we worship through music, share testimony of the Savior, serve one another, and feel the Spirit of the Lord. We partake of the sacrament, receive the blessings of the priesthood, and attend the temple. . . When you are faced with a test of faith, stay within the safety and security of the household of God. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Prayer, Believe, Blessing

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• In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

  Richard J. Foster

  Heart, Compassion, Soul

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

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• For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs.

  Judge Reinhold

  Girl, Home, Kids

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• Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of this stance. They don't care how much the U.S. government badgers or attacks them.

  Assata Shakur

  Country, Government, People

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• We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression in its sanctuary. We see the child's mouth wide open in a silent scream.

  Bernard Nathanson

  Baby, Children, Moving

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• People care. Their hearts are open, but people don't know exactly what the Dreamers are going through, or what sanctuary cities are for, or what's positive about the American Muslim community. When you don't know a lot, you can't do a lot.

  Van Jones

  Heart, Cities, People

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• You, and in fact quite a lot of your generation, have in some way been exiled from that particular sanctuary. It's become almost impossible for someone to "go mad" in the classical sense. At one time people conveniently "went mad" and were never heard from again. Like a character in a romantic novel. But now you are too hip to yourself on a psychological level. You all are too intimate with too many of the symptoms of insanity to be caught completely off your guard.

  Ken Kesey

  Character, People, Mad

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• We will end the sanctuary cities that have resulted in so many needless deaths. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars, and we will work with Congress to pass legislation to protect those jurisdictions that do assist federal authorities.

  Donald Trump

  Cities, Dollars, Authority

  Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona, www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.

  George Eliot

  Hands, Remembrance, Soul

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3225, Delphi Classics

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• I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity. All men, all things, the state, the church, yea the friends of the heart are phantasms and unreal beside the sanctuary of the heart. With so much awe, with so much fear, let it be respected.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Integrity, Heart, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.258

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• What I have most learned from my son is to respect him and to love him unconditionally. I believe that if parents respect their children and educate them with love and justice (and not just with words, but with their own behavior) the relationship with their children will be wonderful. Then parents will always be proud of their children, and children will always be proud of their parents. There will be peace in the family, and the home will be a sanctuary.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Children, Believe, Home

  "Wisdom Keeping Traditions of don Miguel Ruiz and don Jose". Interview with Kala Ambrose, www.exploreyourspirit.com.

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• Things don't get tough in the studio. Sometimes things get tough outside the studio and going in the studio is a relief, a sanctuary, therapy.

  Mark Kostabi

  Relief, Tough, Sometimes

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