Charlotte Brontë Quote

It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.


Jane Eyre (1847) ch. 12


It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It is vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.