#refuge

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#admired #being #fall #haven #little

Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#close #could #europe #germany #greece

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#last #refuge #unimaginative

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#back #between #could #crawl #curl

The world has closed its eyes to the humanitarian catastrophe in Azerbaijan, where every seventh citizen is a refugee. ↗

— Leonid Kuchma

#citizen #closed #every #eyes #humanitarian

After the outbreak of war, in April 1940, we left Geneva with our three children aged 4 years, 2 years and 2 weeks only to become part of the disordered refugee crowds fleeing across France from the German army. ↗

— James Meade

#after #aged #april #army #become

The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#camp #hungry #kind #normalcy #particular

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. ↗