Longing Quotes

1123 Longing quotes by 783 unique authors

The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it. — Gail Godwin
What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us. — John Steinbeck
Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, contain the proof (were it only in their infinite expansion) of man's longing for… — Charles Baudelaire
In these times - where social appearance is more important than spiritual substance - what has become our longing to change is really the unconscious… — Guy Finley
I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible… — Jack Dee
Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk… — Jackson Browne
The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made,… — John Ortberg
We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my… — Ron Pope
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
I have an unquenchable desire to slow down and find my life going deeper in my walk with Christ. I want to meet him in… — Joseph Stowell
The spirit longs for the world of light from which it came. That longing causes something to happen. It causes the being to grow into… — Frederick Lenz
Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment. — Mary Anne Radmacher
I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life… — Mary Anne Radmacher
When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his incensiveness is completely… — Maximus the Confessor
Without the power of intelligence there is no capacity for spiritual knowledge; and without spiritual knowledge we cannot have the faith from which springs that… — Maximus the Confessor
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color… — Isabel Wilkerson
The longing for a destiny is no nowhere stronger than in our romantic life. All too often forced to share our bed with those who… — Alain de Botton
Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. — Nathanael Emmons
Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to… — Meher Baba
The pangs of pain, of failure, in this mortal lot, are the birth-throes of transition to better things. We are separated for a time by… — John Elof Boodin
Art is the pure realization of religious feeling, capacity for faith, longing for God. ... The ability to believe is our outstanding quality, and only… — Gerhard Richter
... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there are… — Walter Mosley
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love,… — Xunzi
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. — Xunzi
Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for… — Wilhelm von Humboldt

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