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Definition of Longing
Longing
of Long

An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Related Definitions:
An, Appetite, Aspiration, Craving, Desire, Eager, Earnest, Long, Morbid, Of, Wish






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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Thomas Jefferson

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Khalil Gibran

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
Coco Chanel

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
Saint Augustine

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

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?
Greta Garbo

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
Bodhidharma



Longing Translations
longing in Dutch is verlangend, smachtend
longing in Italian is ansioso
longing in Latin is cupido
longing in Norwegian is lengselsfull, lengsel
longing in Spanish is anhelo


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