“Whoever flees prayer flees all that is good.”
John of the Cross (1542–1591) Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint
The Sayings of Light and Love
“We have to take our possessions and flee. I'm very good at that. I was the men's freestyle fleeing champion two years in a row.”
Love and Death (1975)
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“Sufism is to eat little and to take rest with God, and to flee from men.”
Sahl al-Tustari (818–896) arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian
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“Whither are we fleeing, my most valiant men?”
Julian (emperor) (331–363) Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer
Julian, to his fleeing troops at the Battle of Strasbourg, as recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus, in Book XVI of his history<!-- Loeb Classical Library -->. His army rallied and defeated the German forces. Here, the term "republic" was used in its literal Latin meaning to denote the Roman state.
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Context: Whither are we fleeing, my most valiant men? Do you not know that flight never leads to safety, but shows the folly of a useless effort? Let us return to our companions, to be at least sharers in their coming glory, if it is without consideration that we are abandoning them as they fight for the Republic.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
Second Dialogue; translated by Judith R. Bush, Christopher Kelly, Roger D. Masters
Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques (published 1782)
“I’M PRETTY GOOD at multitasking, so I figured I could flee in terror and argue at the same time.”
Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer
Source: The Sword of Summer
Harriet Harman (1950) British politician
Regarding her possibility of becoming Prime Minister, during Prime Minister's Questions, August, 2008. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG64EwwmO90.
Tim Allen (1953) American actor, voiceover artist and comedian
As quoted in Land Your Dream Job : High-Performance Techniques to Get Noticed, Get Hired, and Get Ahead (2007) by John Middleton, Ken Langdon, and Nikki Cartwright
Antonio Negri book Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
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