Is it not want of reason in any one to suppose that when he has striven successfully to escape the dominion of one particular passion, he will find virtue in its opposite? Gregory of Nyssa
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. George Eliot
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. William S. Burroughs
Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape. Azerbaijani Proverb
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. English Proverb
Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the smoke. Greek Proverb