Quotes About Yearning

There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.

You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.

It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire?

It's so much better to desire than to have.... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

Our desire is not only to SEE glory, but to participate in the glory we see.

The strongest of all psychic forces in the world is unsatisfied desire.

If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.

Desire is the creator; desire is the destroyer.

Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

Desire and happiness cannot live together.

Desire makes everything blossom

The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.

Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction

There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty.

You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.

The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.

There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.

Wanting is the beginning of getting.

We are formed by what we desire

A wish is a desire without energy

I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.

When the desire is on for one particular person, nobody else will do.

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.