#discontent

I guess we're all, or most of us, the wards of that nineteenth-century science which denied existence to anything it could not measure or explain. The things we couldn't explain went right on but surely not with our blessing. We did not see what we couldn't explain, and meanwhile a great part of the world was abandoned to children, insane people, fools, and mystics, who were more interested in what is than in why it is. So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic, because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#john-steinbeck #reality #reason #science #the-winter-of-our-discontent

When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#always #am #away #discontent #europe

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God. ↗

— Cyril Cusack

#better person #closer #discontent #divine #draw

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#discontent #kremlin #many #protest #showing

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.' ↗

— Dalai Lama

#always #contentment #desire #discontent #everything

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

#better #discontented #never #none #reach