Restless Quotes

• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Sweet, Art, Writing

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.23, Vintage

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• When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Change, Men, Views

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2013). “Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Passion”, p.54, eBookIt.com

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• Our heart is restless until it rests in You.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Restless Heart

  Saint Augustine (1998). “The Confessions”, p.4, OUP Oxford

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• A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Dream, Sleep, Insomnia

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “The Professor: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.32, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I don't feel restless, I just like to travel.

  Brad Pitt

  Travel, Feels

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• We live on a restless planet in a violent universe.

  Dale Jamieson

  Violent, Planets, Universe

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

  John Novak

  Self, Kind, Static

  John Novak (1994). “How to Meditate: A Step-by-step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation”, p.12, Crystal Clarity Publishers

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• As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Prayer, Restless Mind, Broken

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• There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

  Wilson Mizner

  Skeletons, Closets

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• The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Positive, Focus, Mind

  Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.165, Hachette UK

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• Heaven is a place of restless activity, the abode of never-tiring thought.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Heaven, Tire, Abode

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• Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Desire, Driven, Humans

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• In a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Betrayal, Heart, Infidelity

  Song: Cautious Man, Album: Tunnel Of Love, 1987

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• We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Exclusive Interview With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.

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• A restless vitality wells up as we approach 30.

  Gail Sheehy

  Vitality, Wells, Approach

  Gail Sheehy (2013). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, p.149, Penguin

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• The heart of man is restless until he finds rest in Thee.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Men, Memorial

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• I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!

  Taylor Swift

  Dream, People, Waiting

  "Taylor Swift: Bomb-Shell in Blue Jeans". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. June 30, 2009.

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• What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Cute, Sad

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• It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Dust, Joy, Sorrow

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2005). “Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark”, p.76, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.

  Thomas Huxley

  Wise, Thinking, Vanity

  "Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest". Book by Adrian Desmond (p. 84), 1997.

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• Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know.

  Henry Lawson

  Wisdom, Travel, Home

  Henry Lawson, Walter Stone (1973). “Poems of Henry Lawson”, Sydney : Ure Smith

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• We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

  Minoru Yamasaki

  Architecture, Building

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• Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Perseverance, Accomplishment, Combat

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• Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

  J. J. Johnson

  Jazz

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• Man is a restless creature, nomadic at heart.

  Tash Aw

  Heart, Men, Creatures

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