We Seek Quotes

316 We Seek quotes by 246 unique authors

...in the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the… — Daniel Defoe
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution,… — Pema Chodron
When we seek daily spiritual guidance, we are guided toward the next step forward for our art. Sometimes the step is very small. Sometimes the… — Julia Cameron
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of… — Ayn Rand
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found. — Edgar Allan Poe
God the Eternal Father did not give [the] first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory are not diminished… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically,… — Dalai Lama
To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to… — Bell Hooks
There can be no reproach to pain unless we assume human dignity, there is no reason for restraints on pleasure unless we assume human worth,… — Ravi Zacharias
Perhaps love is a minor madness. And as with madness, it's unendurable alone. The one person who can relieve us is of course the sole… — Andrew Sean Greer
What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their… — Alain de Botton
We have a choice. We can seek for the bad in others. Or we can make peace and work to extend to others the understanding,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
In other words, I believed, and still do believe, that truth, is frequently of its own essence, superficial, and that, in many cases, the depth… — Edgar Allan Poe
Fairness is a concept that holds only in limited situations. Yet we want the concept to extend to everything, in and out of phase. From… — Haruki Murakami
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He… — Thomas Merton
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us. — Paulo Coelho
The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night. — Karen White
I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they… — Jhonen Vasquez
As we seek the Lord ever more diligently, we will surely find Him. We will see clearly that the Lord does not abandon His Church… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our… — Paulo Coelho
When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment.… — Jack Kornfield
One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The home we seek is in eternity; The Truth we seek is like a shoreless sea, Of which your paradise is but a drop. This… — Farid al-Din Attar

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