Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
Gautama Buddha, Digha Nikaya, 16
Unclassified
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
Gautama Buddha, Digha Nikaya, 16
Unclassified
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) British American-born writer
“Fine Writing,” p. 306
Reperusals and Recollections (1936)
“It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.”
Patrick Süskind (1949) German writer and screenwriter
Source: Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it’s quite conscious.”
Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919–1988) American diplomat
On appointment as President of Yale University, as quoted in The New York Tribune (14 October 1963)
Ritwik Ghatak (1925–1976) Bengali filmmaker and script writer
[Ghatak, Ritwik, Cinema and I, 1987, Ritwik Memorial Trust, 75]
“Castles in the air — they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build, too.”
Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Hilda, Act III
The Master Builder (1892)