“Those who seek shelter in the shadows, are free of criticism and controversy.”

1989

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1989

“I wanted my heart to bloom
and shelter a shadow of love”

Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist

<span class="plainlinks"> The Tajmahal and my Love http://www.best-poems.net/love_poems/the_taj_mahal_amp_my_love.html/</span> <br class="br">From Poetry

“When he looks back, the critic sees a eunuch's shadow. Who would be a critic if he could be a writer? Who would hammer out the subtlest insight into Dostoevsky if he could weld an inch of the Karamazovs, or argue the poise of Lawrence if he could shape the free gust of life in The Rainbow?”

George Steiner (1929–2020) American writer

"Humane Literacy" (1963).
Language and Silence: Essays 1958-1966 (1967)

“For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know”

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States

“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”

Gilles Deleuze book Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

Source: Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

“Media pundit John Gibson's controversial statements brought criticism when he referred to religions, other than his own, as "wrong". Christians tolerate those who are "following the wrong religion… as long as they're civil and behave"”

John Gibson (media host) (1946) American radio talk show host

http://mediamatters.org/items/200512010018

“…[Be] certain that our hearts are broken on account of your leaving of your homes and your lands, and your seeking of shelter in the territory of the Rāfidah [those who reject Islamic authority] and the Kurdish atheists, and your being forced to wander the lands… So return to your lands, and remain in your homes, and seek shelter – after first seeking shelter with Allah – with your people in the Islamic State, for you will find therein, by Allah’s permission, a warm embrace and a safe refuge. For you are our people. We defend you, your honor, and your wealth. We want you to be mighty and noble, we want you to be safe and secure…”

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

As quoted in "Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi resurfaces in audio urging supporters to join terror group", Independent (15 May 2015)
2014, 2015
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-resurfaces-in-audio-urging-supporters-to-join-terror-group-10251955.html

“Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize.”

Robert Moses (1888–1981) American urban planner

Quoted in his obituary in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1218.html

“I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.”

Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher

As quoted in Books: The Sword of God" in TIME (17 August 1959) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,937912,00.html, a review of The Life Of Girolamo Savonarola by Roberto Ridolfi, translated by Cecil Grayson

“He is a critic of great gifts, insight and integrity; but those who are not entirely for him are wholly against him; he seeks not pupils but "disciples"; those disciples he has attracted who have not broken away have been, like the master, rancid and fanatic in manner.”

F. R. Leavis (1895–1978) British literary critic

Martin Seymour-Smith Guide to Modern World Literature (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975) vol. 1, pp. 291-2
Criticism

“Those who seek shelter in the shadows, are free of criticism and controversy.”

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