Escape Quotes

1931 Escape quotes by 1394 unique authors

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he… — John of the Cross
The majority of business men are not capable of an original thought, simply because they cannot escape the tyranny of reason. — David Ogilvy
Drugs or overeating or alcohol or sex, it was all just another way to find peace. To escape what we know. Our education. Our bite… — Chuck Palahniuk
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
When adults first become conscious of something new, they usually either attack or try to escape from it ... Attack includes such mild forms as… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
If you try too much to change the outside, that shows that you are still attached. If a man tries to be detached, it shows… — Rajneesh
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They must be rendered… — Charles Darwin
No one who has seen a baby sinking back satiated from the breast and falling asleep with flushed cheeks and a blissful smile can escape… — Sigmund Freud
The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is… — George Orwell
Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape… — Gautama Buddha
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief. — Sophocles
He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape. — Gautama Buddha
A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings… — Gautama Buddha
Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who… — Gautama Buddha
No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed. — Gautama Buddha
There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no… — Gautama Buddha
Gauntlets are the stuff of every life, but when you learn young how to pick them up, how to work them against the demons, and… — Marlena De Blasi
Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape. — Austin O'Malley
I could feel myself changing physically. It was like something dropped out of the sky. Seeing her on the fire escape had given me a… — Henry Wessel, Jr.
I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me to its savage fancies, I… — Eric G. Wilson
The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the… — Steven James
I wonder what my father saw in his most secret sight of the right life. It's my guess he wanted to live out his life… — William Kittredge
Obviously, certain sins often may escape detection. Homosexuals who practice behind closed doors are out-of-bounds for the courts, of course, unless others witness their criminal… — Gary DeMar
There is always that dream of escape, but there is no place to escape to, you just run into yourself. — Unknown Author
Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of failed lives and… — William Kittredge

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