The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings

One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and longing and a bittersweet quality to it that is a part of life.

The deepest longing of the human heart is for communion with others and with the transcendent.

She was lost in her longing to understand.

For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.

How strange to write about “having” when for so long I’ve drawn inspiration only from longing?

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.

Look what I’m dealing with, man, I’m dealing with fools and trolls.

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.

Listen to the one who has not been wounded, the one who says, ‘It is not good that man should be alone.’ Recall your longing to the loneliness where it was born, so that when she appears, she will stand before you, not against you. Refine your longing here, in the small silver music of her preparations, under the low-built shelter of repentance.