Books Quote by Dean Koontz

Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal.

— Dean Koontz

“Feeling and longing are the motive force behind all human endeavor and human creation,”

— Albert Einstein

“That the real source of all true longing is the human desire to attach ourselves to something infinite.”

— Shmuley Boteach

“When it came down to reality, what mattered except the lives of those you loved? All that was precious was made up of passions…

— Anne Perry

“One's longing is not so much there for sense-gratification, profit and self-preservation, instead one's karma is there for no other purpose than inquiring after…

— Ramesh Menon

“Longing on a large scale is what makes history. This is just a kid with a local yearning but he is part of an…

— Don Delillo Underworld

“Surely your longings and feelings arise from the God who created you. They were created in order to be filled, not crushed. Surely we…

— Sundar Singh

“We are each on our own quests To find meaning in our lives But the meaning we seek Is only a reflection Of everything…

— Justin Wetch

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

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“The longing for something beyond yourself, beyond anything you have ever known or dreamed of?”

— Mary Balogh

“I have a longing other than longing. other than what fills the chests of the years. Things approach it as if they know no…

— Adonis