#discontent

What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life, is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy? ↗

— Laura Story

#heaven #pain #life

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#failure #first #i #man #me

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#discontent #makes #men #poor #rich

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#healthy #prelude #progress

The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#better #born #born to be #changed #contribution

The discontented man finds no easy chair. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#discontented #easy #finds #man

Back at home, days later, feel cranky and tired. Sit on the couch and tell him he's stupid. That you bet he doesn't know who Coriolanus is. That since you moved in you've noticed he rarely reads. He will give you a hurt, hungry-to-learn look, with his James Cagney eyes. He will try to kiss you. Turn your head. Feel suffocated. (from "How") ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#discontent #relationships #home

The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands. ↗

— John L. Lewis

#citizenship #discontent #doctrines #good #government

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#discontent #enough #importance #justice #necessity

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#first #necessity #progress