#refuge

It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the letters and greet family members when they come back. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#haiti #refugees #family

There are two kinds of leaders, cowboys and Shepherds. Cowboys drive and Shepherds lead. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul #john-paul-warren #leadership #motivational #pastor-john-paul-warren

Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. ↗

— Antiphanes

#ills #old #old age #refuge #sanctuary

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. ↗

— Luis Barragan

#cold #convenience #emotional #house #piece

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. ↗

— Aristotle

#comfort #deeds #friends #incite #keep

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#last #refuge #violence

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#refuge #uncertainty

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#anxiety #ideas #impersonal #philosophy #refuge

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#refuge #sense #sleeping #superiority #world

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#avoid #been #claim #claiming #consensus