“The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHumansMadeStillsFallCultureKnownLongingGoing AwayDeep InsideDeepest FearOur Deepest Fear Author:John Ortberg
“We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my songs are about... what it means to be a human being.” KnowsHumansMeanDesireSongHuman BeingsSadnessDespairLongingHopelessnessFaith In Love Author:Ron Pope
“The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings, or obliterate the mysterious remembrance of its heritage.” HumansSoulBornNaturalBirdLongingMysteriousHeritageRemembranceCagesHuman Soul Author:Epes Sargent
“La parole humaine est comme un chaudron fe" le o u' nous battons des me lodies a' faire danser les ours, quand on voudrait attendrir les e toiles. Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity.” HumansMovingStarsBearsSpeechBeatsLongingPityTunesCrackedParoleKettles Author:Gustave Flaubert