Quotes About Yearning

Has anyone succeeded in being his own desire?

What clouds may wet the gaze without hope of emptiness within us?

Nothing can be more painful than the cry of the word which gave us the inspiration to dream of love.

I was thirsty, as much as for water as for dying.

I don't want to go to heaven, I want to go to Claridge's.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains.

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.

The beckoning Hands Of God's hopeful Smile Will, without fail, one day greet The fruitful cries Of man's prayerful heart.

All things, by desiring their own perfection, desire God Himself.

How did I burn then, my God, how did I burn to re-mount from earthly things to Thee, nor knew I what Thou wouldest do with me? For with Thee is wisdom.

I panted after honors, gains, marriage; and thou deridedst me. In these desires I underwent most bitter crosses, Thou being the more gracious, the less Thou sufferedst aught to grow sweet to me, which was not Thou.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

The soul lets out some sighs — not great ones — because it can do no more; they are felt within.

I head into the front room and catch Schatzi perched on the windowsill, staring out the window like a war bride waiting for her soldier to come home. When she turns to look at me her gaze is downright soulful, and from her mouth dangles a single sunflower-adorned mitten.

If a tear fell from my eyes, Each time I wished you were with me, I would have an ocean shore outside my door.

I sit alone and watch the clock Trying to collect my thoughts All I think about is you And so I cry myself to sleep And hope the devil I don't meet In the dreams that I live through

the desire for perfection is that desire which always makes every pleasure appear incomplete, for there is no joy or pleasure so great in this life that it can quench the thirst in our soul.

to Alexander the Great, who wept when there were no more worlds to conquer...

You get the picture. The marvelous thing about the human ego is that each one is slightly different. Deep inside you, there's an enormously objectionable force yearning to leap forth and spew toxic goo all over the place. Let it flow!

He wished they could drive all night, that the earth would rotate away from them at such a rate that they would never reach Willow Creek...

The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships. In fact, this may be The most important thing we ever learn about God--the He yearns for relationship with us. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God" (John 17:3). The whole story of the Bible is a love story between God and His people. He yearns for us. He cares. He has a tender heart.

Do I dare ask him for what I want, As if I knew it, Could find it on some page In some chapter In some book?