Quotes about Longing
I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.
— Paulo Coelho
I open the curtains in my office and see people out there, some walking and holding hands without having to worry about the consequences. And I can't show my love
— Paulo Coelho
I'll make love with them in their houses or in the woods, I'll feel a certain degree of pleasure, but the moment I reach orgasm, the feeling of emptiness will return.
— Paulo Coelho
True love could withstand such a separation.
— Paulo Coelho
Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
— St. Augustine
What can still that hunger of the heart which sickens the eye for beauty, and makes sweet-scented ease an oppression?
— George Eliot
We are bored with God because our heartsq do not hunger for God, seek God, love God
— Peter Kreeft
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859—1907)
— Colleen Coble
If only my heart were stone.
— Cormac McCarthy
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. St. Augustine
— Craig Groeschel
You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.
— Craig Groeschel
If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it's because you have a spiritual problem.
— Craig Groeschel