There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is…

There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.

— Anonymous

“no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot;”

— Lao Tzu

There is no greater disaster than discontent.

— Laozi

There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war.

— John Adams

I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.

— Al Smith

“How can one explain this trend towards a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought…

— Ernst Jünger

If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what…

— Alistair Begg

But I am all for love, and I am against marriage, particularly the arranged kind, because the arranged marriage gives you satisfaction. And love?…

— Rajneesh

“So much of me longs to run after him and cry, 'Yes, yes, yes!' A few hours ago, when I wrote I could never…

— Dodie Smith

“When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage however, that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making…

— Lawrence Sterne

“Real happiness, however, comes from who we are—from who we’ve become. Real happiness comes from within. Likewise, discontentment is also a result of who…

— Joshua Fields Millburn

I've always been dissatisfied, I know that. But lately I find that I reek of discontentment. It fills my throat, and it floods my…

— David McCullough

“The reality is that stuff does not bring happiness. Instead, buying more than we need breeds nothing but discontentment.”

— Ruth Soukup

“The deep rumbling of discontent that we hear today is the thunder of disinherited masses rising from dungeons of oppression to the bright hills…

— Martin Luther King Jr

Without discontentment, without revolt, you can never attain harmony. It is a necessary stage, which must be gone through by everyone.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti