Longing Quotes

1123 Longing quotes by 783 unique authors

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations. — Albert Einstein
The law of giving and receiving is fundamental, and relates just as much to God as it does to us. As we go through the… — Selwyn Hughes
Your first task is to see the sorrow in you and around you; your next, to long intensely for liberation. The very intensity of longing… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts. — Anne Lamott
High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of… — Milan Kundera
My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and… — Albert Einstein
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with which Planck has… — Albert Einstein
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom. — James A. Forbes
The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith - enough for the Holy Ghost… — Henry B. Eyring
France and America have a long history of mutual loathing and longing. Americans still dream of Paris; Parisians still dream of the America they find… — Rosecrans Baldwin
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense… — David Augsburger
The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human… — Richard Jefferies
Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as easily as a… — Rory Stewart
I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure. — Kate Baldwin
I was 14 and madly in love for the first time. He was 21. He made me suddenly, unaccustomedly beautiful with his kisses and mix… — Daphne Gottlieb
I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place. — Eve Best
Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing -… — Tina Brown
Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those… — S. Ansky
Do you think that the people of South Africa, or anywhere on the continent of Africa, or India, or Pakistan are longing to be kicked… — Arundhati Roy
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all… — Adam Johnson
What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where discovering… — Guy Finley
I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God. — Martha McSally
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write. — Marsha Norman
Who is God? Who are we? What is our purpose? All these questions remain unanswered. I want to reach the genuine seeker of spiritual well-being.… — Ravi Zacharias

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