We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

About This Quote

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. The world is full of problems, and when difficulties come, they are often hard to deal with. But if we can avoid all kinds of troubles, there is no reason why we should not live happily. This is what this quote is saying - that happiness comes from escaping all kinds of troubles, even if it means going through them again.

Some Similar Quotes

1. It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid,... - Coco Chanel

---

2. I am not an angel, ' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall... - Unknown

---

3. The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day. - David Foster Wallace

---

4. They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you burn... - C. Joybell C.

---

5. Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens - Tony Deliso

---

More Quotes By Eric Hoffer

1. Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

---

2. There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

---

3. The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

---

4. The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

---

5. We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.

---