It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Source: Jane Eyre, ch. 12, 1847.
-- Charlotte Bronte, (Apr 21 1816-1855), English novelist, poet; She was the most successful of the three Bronte sisters; wrote of women's drive for independence in Jane Eyre, 1847.