Belief Quote by David Levithan

“ yearning, n. and adj. At the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.”

— David Levithan

Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.

— Mason Cooley

Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.

— Anonymous

The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own.

— Nicholas of Cusa

Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and…

— Bell Hooks

Yearning is inseparable from love, and since once doesn't have the object of love immediately, one has not fallen in the embrace of the…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.

— Adyashanti

“Do not seek perfection. None exists. All we can do is strive.”

— Terry Pratchett

“desires,” I mean things we feel that we need or want very strongly. There’s an element of passion in the experience of desire”

— Calvin D. Banyan

Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.

— Anonymous

We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

— Napoleon Hill