“When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the and lies our great woe. If we omit the and we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing.” IfsNeedsLittlesSaidLastsLyingEvilOur LivesHabitFindingsLongingSeekingRevelationsWoeLast WordsSeeking GodFinding God Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“My great longing is to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes in reality, so that they may become, yes, lies if you like - but truer than the literal truth.” IfsMayRealityTruthLyingLongingLiteralDeviation Book:Van Gogh and his art Source: Van Gogh and his art
“There is "a mental fatigue which is a spurious kind of remorse, and has all the anguish of the nobler feeling. It is an utter weariness and prostration of spirit, a sickness of heart and mind, a bitter longing to lie down and die.” MindHeartKindFeelingsSpiritLyingDiesDown AndLongingBitterSicknessAnguishHeart And MindRemorseFatigueWearinessProstration Book:Charlotte's Inheritance: A Novel Source: Charlotte's Inheritance: A Novel
“I do not think about absent persons as often or with such intense longing as I think of places. They lie one below the other in my mind.” ThinkingMindPersonsLyingLongingIntenseAbsent Book:No time like the present Source: No time like the present
“The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.” CountryLyingLongingNativeElsewhereNative Country Author:Therese of Lisieux
“I must have justice, or I will destroy myself. And not justice in some remote and infinite time and space, but here on Earth...I want to see with my own eyes the lamb lie down with the lion and the victim rise up and embrace his murderer. I want to be there when everyone suddenly understands what it has all been about. All the religions of the world are built on this longing, and I am a believer.” WorldWantEyeEarthLyingJusticeMy OwnSpaceBuiltInfiniteVictimEmbraceLongingBelieverLionsMurdererTime And SpaceLambsInfinite Time Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky