Quotes about Yearning

We see through a glass darkly because all we want is to be comfortable.

Our souls yearn for a wonder that reaches beyond the dimensions of our finite minds, and if we don't allow a wonder toward God, we'll search for it elsewhere, in false gods. . . .The older you get, the more it takes to fill your heart with wonder. . .and only God is big enough to do that.

Augustine said, "You [Lord God] have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Along with anger, God makes a second response to our guilt. Anger at the throne is compounded by God's utter anguish at having hoped and been betrayed, at having yearned and failed. The

The nobility of what humans could be capable of, if only they weren't human.

More of anything other than God will never fill that longing for fulfillment He has placed within you and me.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, I see from far thy beauteous light, Only I sigh for thy repose.

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

I'm the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.