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Quotes About Searching

When men [sic] avoid encounter they become inflexible and treat others as mere objects; instead of nurturing life they kill life; instead of searching for life, they flee from it. And these are oppressor characteristics.
~ Paulo Freire
Sökandet är den nya religionens lösen; finnandet är dess mål, dess krona, dess sälla lön.
~ Unknown
Where's tomorrow?
~ Peter Høeg
The joy of nonfiction is searching for balance between storytelling and reporting, finding a way to be both loquacious and observant.
~ Peter Hessler
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
~ Genesis 37:16
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
~ Ezra 8:15
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
~ Job 13:24
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
~ Job 23:8
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
~ Job 32:11
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
~ Psalm 69:3
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
~ Psalm 78:34
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
~ Psalm 88:14
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
~ Proverbs 20:27
While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
~ Ecclesiastes 7:28
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
~ Ecclesiastes 12:9
When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
~ Luke 2:48
“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
~ John 20:15
Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
~ John 21:3