Quotes About Seeking

The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.

We feel dissatisfaction because we have a nagging sense that somehow, somewhere, we've lost something. This is because we really have lost something.

Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.

Ist der Mensch, der nach dem Gott sich sehnt, nicht vernichtet?

Are you seeking Jesus? Where have you been looking for Him? As you begin your day, think through the various places you will be and the people you will be with; and envision Jesus standing next to you in each of those places.

God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.

Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.

people seek out information that suggests they are correct, in a world of transient advantage the most valuable information is often disconfirming—it helps highlight where the greatest risks in being wrong are.

Curiosity is underrated. In many ways, it's the engine of life. You get these questions, and they don't go away. And so you follow them, you set out to answer them.

The stories of Saul and David interlock antithetically on the theme of knowledge. Saul, from first to last, is a man deprived of the knowledge he desperately seeks.

A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being to attach itself to.

Men (and women) indeed become strange when seeking gods. As the present work will show, however, they become even stranger when seeking devils.

As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire.

Everyone who flees from you falls, everyone who turns to you rises, and everyone who abides in you stands. No wise person forsakes you, only the wise seek you, and no one completely finds you except the pure in heart. Those who forsake you perish. Those who love you, seek you. And those who follow you, have you.

He asked with the eyes more than the lips for a shelter for the night

I wanted that feeling back—even if it was a lie. Just for a night, so I wouldn't forget how it felt until I found it again.

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey," Milo told him. "We are spiritual beings on a human journey, born into our lives for one reason only: to seek the road that makes death a fulfillment.

The person who calls himself a Christian, who says he loves God, yet does not seek his company and delight in it, can't be a true lover of God.

Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.

When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.

What indicates a person's weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.