What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it. Voltaire
The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality. David Riesman
Honor follows those who flee from it. English Proverb
When you flee from a wolf, you run into a bear. Finnish Proverb
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment. Hasidic Proverb