We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself. View quotes by Charles Lamb
The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfilment. (Tread Softly) View quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge
Today, I hope that we can begin the healing... America is in need of unity and longing for a larger measure of compassion. View quotes by John Kerry
What a sweet reverence is that when a young man deems his mistress a little more than mortal and almost chides himself for longing to bring her close to his heart View quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws. View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. View quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
