sanctuary

Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.

Each positive thought is your refuge and your sanctuary, where in that thoughtful moment, you are safe.

It is nearly impossible to feel anything negative in here. Because you__e really connected, to everything, here_ but it__ only meant to be a temporary sanctuary, a place to remember yourself. In time you__l want your negative thoughts, your emotional baggage back, and you__l have hopefully bolstered yourself enough with the Sanctum__ reminder of your Source that you can come out with fresh perspective. When you__e had enough of it, you__l know, and then come and join us outside.

I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.

When you turn around, you'll see something I bet you've never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you'll fit in nicely. If you don't feel anything, then maybe you don't belong here.

God loves each person, I believe; although, just like we do in our private homes, He reserves His kingdom only for those whom He enjoys.

I'm not a saint! Thanks God!

have a mind so quiet, that you can hear doves whispering as they rest their wings in the rafters your silent sanctuary

My mind became a sanctuary for secret thoughts of escaping from this household.

...returning to nature has been a dream present in the minds of every generation since mankind first left nature.

Sometimes solitude is a real heaven for the tired minds and a marvellous sanctuary for the wounded souls!

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.

You are your own sanctuary. Peace always comes from within. Find the things, the thoughts, and perspectives that allow you to cultivate peace within yourself. If you find your spirit disturbed, pull yourself back. Learn yourself. Learn how to manipulate and control your emotional state. Allow yourself to feel all your emotions, but with control, being able to choose when and where. Love yourself enough to create a safe haven of peace within yourself that you can then carry into any situation, into any storm.

In a way, the books were protection. An escape she would always have access to.A sanctuary, there for when she needed it.

It is a thing that knows no limit, and before it all men are equal; and the silence of king or slave, in presence of death, or grief, or love, reveals the same features, hides beneath its impenetrable mantle the self-same treasure. For this is the essential silence of our soul, our most inviolable sanctuary, and its secret can never be lost;

The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.

When introverts go to church, we crave sanctuary in every sense of the word, as we flee from the disorienting distractions of twenty-first-century life. We desire to escape from superficial relationships, trivial communications and the constant noise that pervade our world, and find rest in the probing depths of God's love.

There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.