Dhammapada - Chapter 14 (refuge excerpt): Buddhavagga - The Buddha

Truly frightened by fear do many humans, 188
go to mountains and forests, monasteries, trees and shrines as refuge.

Indeed this is not the safe refuge, this is not the unsurpassed refuge. 189
this is not the refuge which having come to, one is freed from all suffering.

But he who has arrived at refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, 190
is one who sees the four noble truths with right wisdom.

Suffering, origination of suffering, the going beyond of suffering, 191
and the noble eight-fold path leading to suffering's appeasement.

This indeed is the safe refuge, this is the unsurpassed refuge. 192
this is the refuge which having come to, one is freed from all suffering.

bahū ve saraṇaṃ yanti pabbatāni vanāni ca 188
ārāmarukkhacetyāni manussā bhayatajjitā.

netaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ netaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ 189
netaṃ saraṇamāgamma sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

yo ca buddhañca dhammañca saṅghañca saraṇaṃ gato 190
cattāri ariyasaccāni sammappaññāya passati.

dukkhaṃ dukkhasamuppādaṃ dukkhassa ca atikkamaṃ 191
ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ dukkhūpasamagāminaṃ.

etaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ etaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ 192
etaṃ saraṇamāgamma sabbadukkhā pamuccati.