Unrest Quotes

• No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Blessed, Artist

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Business, Social Unrest, Done

  "Ann Coulter, the pin-up model" by Elana Schor, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2008.

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• Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

  Karl A. Menninger

  Life, Passion, Joy

  The Week, October 16, 1958.

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• Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

  Carl Jung

  Heart, Roots, Secret Love

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• When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

  John Boyd Orr

  Social Unrest, Fabric, Revolution

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• Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Music, Laughter, Reality

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• A mind that is characterized by unrest will not be tranquil even in the presence of great calm.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Calm, Tranquil

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• A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

  Don Marquis

  God, Wings, Wish

  Don Marquis, William McCollum (1982). “Selected letters of Don Marquis”, Northwoods Pr

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• To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.

  Dalai Lama

  Practice, People, Perception

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.114, Shambhala

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• America is such a mess right now, and it's getting worse all the time. It seems as though the whole atmosphere of our nation - of unrest and unsettledness and need and struggle - is pointing to a most wonderful, opportune time to present the reason for our hope.

  Cliff Barrows

  Struggle, America, Atmosphere

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• Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Politics, Philosopher

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• Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Social Unrest, Civilization, Logic

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.146, Routledge

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• Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Sad, Men, Ideas

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.26, eKitap Projesi

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• Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.

  Stephen Hawking

  Social Unrest, People, Disease

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• Unrest is the mark of existence.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mark, Existence

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

  Martha Graham

  Positive, Uplifting, Dance

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Block, Yoga

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Soul, Unhappiness

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• Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice

  Albert Schweitzer

  Laughter, Voice, Giving

  Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

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• It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

  Martha Graham

  Expression, Vitality, Compare

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Motivation, Believe

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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• I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.

  Brit Marling

  Thinking, Curiosity, Way

  "Brit Marling Talks ‘The East,’ ‘Sound of My Voice’ and Delivering on the Hype" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. May 02, 2012.

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• In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.

  Leland Stanford

  May, Improvement, Realizing

  Leland Stanford (1890). “Government Loans on Real Estate: Speech of Hon. Leland Stanford, of California, in the United States Senate, March 10, 1890”

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• An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

  Felix Adler

  Taken, Desire, World

  "Patricians, Professors, and Public Schools: The Origins of Modern Educational Thought in America". Book by Allan Stanley Horlick, 1994.

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• The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

  Andre Gide

  Art, Serenity, Rising

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.14, Routledge

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