God is God . The Athenians were proud that of all the different groups which made up the Greek people, only Athenians were non-immigrants to Greece. Humankind consists of commoners. Before God any pretence to superiority is ludicrous because false. All humankind, without exception, yearns with a common longing.
All humankind has the profoundest disquiet.
Sehnsucht is the nameless longing which God has implanted in the human heart. It is the profound disquiet which humankind cannot deny but also cannot identify. It is the profound disquiet which leaves us knowing that regardless of what we achieve, acquire or aspire after we were made for something better. Sehnsucht always reminds me, in many respects, of what a homing pigeon has in its head. Take the pigeon anywhere, release it, and the pigeon knows instinctively that wherever it might be at this moment it isn't home.