Quotes about Yearning
Dost thou love picking meat? Or wouldst thou see A man in the clouds, and have him speak to thee?
- John Bunyan
Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.
- Mother Teresa
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
- CS Lewis
Desire means never quit.
- Jeff Hardy
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.
- CS Lewis
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death.
- CS Lewis
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.
- CS Lewis
If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.
- CS Lewis
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
- St. Augustine
Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.
- Paulo Coelho
To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned
- Frank Herbert
He who is drawn to something desirable does not desire to have it as a thought but as a thing.
- St. Thomas Aquinas