Seeking Quotes

1388 Seeking quotes by 1025 unique authors

He suddenly recalled from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split then in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking… — Milan Kundera
One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error. — Hermann Hesse
Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one....This is the cause of that great… — Elizabeth Gilbert
My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made… — Audre Lorde
I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or… — Jesse Owens
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the… — Hermann Hesse
Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of… — Cormac McCarthy
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable. — Albert Camus
Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. — Michael Shermer
When someone is seeking,” said Siddartha, “It happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to… — Hermann Hesse
In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you… — Daniel Handler
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. — Terry Pratchett
Satan is a "roaring lion, [who] walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." And he will devour us unless we "put on the whole armour… — Sheri L. Dew
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A… — Lloyd Alexander
Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished… — Thomas Pynchon
The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking.… — Ken Kesey
I believe the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in that religion… — Dalai Lama
It was foolish indeed - thus to run farther and farther from all who could help her, as if she had been seeking a fit… — George MacDonald
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
1 Peter 5 - Be well balanced because Satan 'roams about like a hungry lion seeking who he can devour. — Joyce Meyer
So I suppose I do not know how he really looked, and, in fact, I suppose I shall never know, now, for he was plainly… — Angela Carter
He felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at his very feet.… — Leo Tolstoy
Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms. Tell him to be different from other… — Carl Sandburg

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