Hankering Quote by Roger L'Estrange

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he…

— Blaise Pascal

Of one thing alone I am very sure: it is a law of our nature that the memory of longing should survive the more…

— Ellen Glasgow

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

— Anna Sui

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

“Man’s chase after happiness is a feverish and unceasing thing. As we grow older, we search more frantically for it than formerly—and it can…

— Justin Spring

Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a man. From attachment longing, and from longing anger grows.

— Swami Vivekananda

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

— Blaise Pascal

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and…though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often…

— Anonymous

“The only good thing for men therefore is to be diverted from thinking of what they are, either by some occupation which takes their…

— Blaise Pascal

People sometimes strive after and think they will find deep satisfaction for their psyches in wealth, sex or drugs, but then find that ultimately…

— Desmond Tutu