"Aspirations for the infinite
constantly act upon us.
They are more deeply rooted
than desires on the surface of experience,
and nothing in this world can ever satisfy them."
-E. Le Roy

"To bliss unknown my lofty soul aspires,
My lot unequal to my vast desires."
-John Arbuthnot

"There is not a heart
but has its moments of longing,
yearning for something better,
nobler, holier than it knows now."
-Henry Ward Beecher

"Ah...
but a man's reach
should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a Heaven for?"
-Robert Browning

"Faith is love taking the form of aspiration."
-William Ellery Channing

"If you aspire to the highest place
it is no disgrace to stop at the second,
or even the third."
-Cicero

"To love the beautiful,
to desire the good, to do the best."
-Moses Mendelssohn