Longing Quotes

1123 Longing quotes by 783 unique authors

I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something… — Amy Grant
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be… — George Eliot
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I don't have a vast longing for the stage. — Anthony Hopkins
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. — Thomas Jefferson
Happiness is the longing for repetition. — Milan Kundera
We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent… — Charles Lamb
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. — Orison Swett Marden
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat… — Edgar Lee Masters
Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself. — Bryant H. McGill
I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and… — Shigeru Miyamoto
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they… — Susie Orbach
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those… — Karl Rahner
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. — Ramakrishna
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of… — Bertrand Russell
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. — William Shakespeare
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and… — Tony Snow
My longing for truth was a single prayer. — Edith Stein
I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing. — Richard Wagner
And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I… — Sela Ward
The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it… — Simone Weil
It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story… — Rachel Weisz
This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.… — Ai Weiwei
After a while I understood that, talking this way, everything dissolves: justice, pine, hair, woman, you and I. There was a woman I made love… — Robert Hass

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