Spiritual Thirst Quotes:

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Peace, Freedom, Make Peace Not War, Spiritual Thirst

It is because Jesus Christ experienced cosmic thirst on the cross that you and I can have our spiritual thirst satisfied. It is because he died that we can be born again. And he did it gladly. Seeing what he did and why he did it will turn our hearts away from the things that enslave us and toward him in worship. That is the gospel, and it is the same for skeptics, believers, insiders, outcasts, and everyone in between.

- Timothy Keller

source: "Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions".

topic: Spiritual, Jesus, Heart, Spiritual Thirst

It frankly does not make sense to occasionally 'fill up' with water, with long periods of dehydration in between. The same thing is true spiritually. Spiritual thirst is a need for living water. A constant flow of living water is far superior to sporadic sipping.

- David A. Bednar

topic: Spiritual, Long, Water, Spiritual Thirst, Dehydration

Just as water is the only thing that can relieve thirst in the desert, the provision of God's Word is the only thing that can satisfy our spiritual thirst.

- Jim George

source: Jim George (2015). “A Man After God's Own Heart”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers

topic: Spiritual, Water, Desert, Spiritual Thirst

Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save it; not by Christ, but by force.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

source: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Idiot”, p.1431, Lulu Press, Inc

topic: Spiritual, Order, Humanity, Spiritual Thirst

It's coming to America first, The cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here they got the range And the machinery for change And it's here they got the spiritual thirst. It's here the family's broken And it's here the lonely say That the heart has got to open In a fundamental way: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. O mighty Ship of State! To the Shores of Need Past the Reefs of Greed Through the Squalls of Hate Sail on, sail on.

- Leonard Cohen

source: Leonard Cohen (2008). “The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen: Enhanced Edition”, p.66, Omnibus Press

topic: Spiritual, Lonely, Hate, Spiritual Thirst, Coming To America

Spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst But you got to change it On the inside first To be satisfied

- Van Morrison

source: Song: Satisfied, Album: Common One

topic: Spiritual, Firsts, Hunger, Spiritual Hunger, Spiritual Thirst

The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of each other as potential brothers and sisters.

- Malidoma Patrice Some

source: "Remembering Our Purpose". Interview with Sarah van Gelder, www.context.org. 1993.

topic: Spiritual, Brother, Thinking, Spiritual Thirst

One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.

- Max Lucado

topic: Spiritual, Husband, Real, Spiritual Thirst, Counseling