“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Source: The Garden of Eden
“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“It's dangerous, son."
"What's dangerous?"
"When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.”
Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965) playwright and writer
Source: A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay
“When you start to indulge yourself, remember it is what they do with invalids and children.”
Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957)
Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 81
“[Henry] "…when you start running from yourself, you end up in some pretty dark places."”
Michael Nava (1954) American writer
Source: Henry Rios series of novels, The Burning Plain (1997), p.282 (Chapter 21)
“The day you start telling yourself you can, is the day you start knowing you will.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 135