Asking Quote by Anne Rice

There is a kind of sadness in not wanting the things that give so many other people their life's meaning. There can be sadness…

— Sheila Heti

“All religions and spiritual traditions begin with the cry "Help!”

— William James

We [humans] are the only creatures who are in-between. We're of the earth, but don't belong to it, because we strain after the heavens;…

— John O'Donohue

There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all…

— Chief Dan George

“There is a great loneliness of spirit today. We’re trying to live, we’re trying to cope in the face of what seems to be…

— John Robbins

The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.

— Pope Francis

“It is frightening to step off onto the treacherous footbridge leading to the second half of life. We can’t take everything with us on…

— Gail Sheehy

“When we create a life based on what we think we are supposed to do rather than from our own heart's desire, we always…

— HeatherAsh Amara

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

— Anonymous

“We are all made up of yearning and light, searching for a way out, afraid we will be shut in or cut off or…

— Mark Nepo

We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and…

— John Shelby Spong

Godliness has 'promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.' But the only way one can enter into…

— Henry Allen Ironside