Quotes about Longing
The sun meets not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half the certainty that God, the source of all good, communicates himself to the soul that longs to partake of him.
— William Law
Jesus, to be sure, often spent long times alone in prayer. But he was also deeply at home where there was a party, a kingdom party, a celebration of the fact that God was at last taking charge.
— NT Wright
Sin is what you do when you are not satisfied in God.
— John Piper
The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.
— Richard Sibbes
We long for more and God's promise is that there is more awaiting us. More to delight us than we will ever exhaust.
— CS Lewis
Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
— Julian of Norwich
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
— CS Lewis
Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.
— Max Lucado