Michael Jordan

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

American Basketball Player

Tara Brach

With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.

American Psychologist

Petra Collins

I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world.

Canadian Artist

Stephen King

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.

Author

Jacinda Ardern

We're looking to ways to build in the responsibility we have on climate change and the way that we approach, potentially, climate change refuges in the future amongst our neighbors.

New Zealander Politician

Mary Shelley

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

English Author

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

American Author

Franz Kafka

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Novelist

Albert Schweitzer

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

German Theologian

George Bernard Shaw

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

Irish Playwright

Refuge emphasizes physical safety from danger or discomfort.

Physical Safety

Refuge often implies a temporary place to stay until danger passes.

Temporary Shelter

Unlike 'home', refuge doesn't suggest a permanent living space.

Not a Home

Refuge isn't limited to war; it includes other forms of dire need.

Wide Application

Indicates active support and protection by a person or group.

Active Assistance

Gives a notion of ethical duty to protect those in danger.

Moral Responsibility

Refuge indicates a place where human interference is minimal.

Environmental Protection

Refuge areas are often legally designated and protected spaces.

Legal Designation

Emphasizes the conservation of natural habitats and wildlife.

Focus on Nature

 to help them survive a changing world or face extinction. The good news is we already have the tools. Across the planet, we're making on-the-ground decisions that will help entire ecosystems adapt. Critical climate refuges are being identified and set aside,

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 coral refuge and a biodiversity study science and policy are key when it comes to coral health I invite you to add the Arts into the equation with creativity calcium and courage we can turn the sunken ship around we can turn the

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 just offshore the shallow coastal waters are also a refuge for marine mammals such as the sea lions that hang out on the rocks or hunt beneath the sea here in their own enchanted forest the kelp beds are several stories deep

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 lions and it had found refuge in a remote canyon this was the first time that anyone had been able to get a really good look at the world's most unusual lions it was clear from the start that their behavior was

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 it happens here under the crumbling ice of the nursery for fish and krill their refuge is melting and they aren't safe anymore from the penguins seals and whales the ice is also releasing a boost of

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 are visited on the poor children. Why will you seek refuge in human relationships as your excuse not to find and pursue your passion? You know why. In your heart of hearts, you know why,

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 the chick may be safe but as temperatures drop to -60 his mother's warmth is not enough to protect him she needs to find refuge in the shared warmth of the other penguins

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 in western australia these dolphins have taken on an even tougher challenge the fish have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimeters deep

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 taken on an even tougher challenge the fish have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimetres deep

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 most hippos have headed north following their all-important water some are still in search of a refuge