Quotes About Search

they do not know that they seek only the chase and not the quarry.

What then is to become of man? Will he be the equal of god or the beasts? What a terrifying distance! What then shall he be? Who cannot see from all this that man is lost, that he has fallen from his place, that he anxiously seeks it, and cannot find it again? And who then is to direct him there? The greatest men have failed.

Nu m-ai fi cautat, daca nu m-ai fi gasit

We never seek things for themselves, but for the search.

This is not the home of truth; it wanders unrecognized among men.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the vain search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

There was a missing person inside of myself and I needed to find him.

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind

12You will look for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who fought against you will vanish completely.

But who are we, where do we come from When all those years Nothing but idle talk is left And we are nowhere in the world? = MEETING =

Ecco che cos'era la vita, che cos'era l'esperienza, che cosa inseguivano coloro che andavano in cerca di avventure, ecco a che cosa mirava l'arte: ritornare a casa propria, ai propri affetti, riprendere la vita

If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me.

If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me. Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that's rarer than a lover, it's more selfish anyhow.

I set to and enjoyed a hearty meal. When I had done, I looked for a bell, so that I might let the servants know I had finished, but I could not find one.

I have crossed an ocean of time to find you

Uncle Auberon (who was quite an old gentleman) had stopt listening to them both a while ago and had wandered off to resume his search for a book. It contained a spell for turning Members of Parliament into useful members of society and now, just when Uncle Auberon thought he had a use for it, he could not find it (though he had had it in his hand not a hundred years before). So Mr Goodfellow said nothing but quietly turned himself back into William Shakespeare.

It contained a spell for turning Members of Parliament into useful members of society and now, just when Uncle Auberon thought he had a use for it, he could not find it

As I walked, I was thinking of the Great and Secret Knowledge, which the Other says will grant us strange new powers. And I realized something. I realized that I no longer believed in it. Or perhaps that is not quite accurate. I thought it was possible that the Knowledge existed. Equally I thought that it was possible it did not. Either way it no longer mattered to me. I did not intend to waste my time looking for it any more. (pg. 60)

I don't know why I'm still here. All right? And I'd just like to figure it out before I go.

Then I remembered something I'd read in a Kurt Vonnegut novel: when you're trying to find the answer to a question, the answer is in the question.

like the old saying goes,if you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks

What the hell was I supposed to do, Eva? I didn't know you existed." Gideon's voice deepened, roughened. "If I'd known you were out there, I would've hunted you down. I wouldn't have waited a second to find you. But I didn't know, and I settled for less. So did you. We both wasted ourselves on the wrong people

If I'd known you were out there I would've hunted you down. I wouldn't have waited a second to find you

I simply cannot see where there is to get to.