Seek Quotes
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Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.
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What I seek is a permanent opening of possibilities.
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Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.
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I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
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Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places.
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Seek more opportunities to put more love in the world.
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Your task is not to seek for love but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
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A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.
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The philosophers talk to you about the dignity of man, and they tempt you to pride, or they talk to you about the misery of man, and they tempt you to despair.
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Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause.
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Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.
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If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from people who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.
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[Christianity] endeavors equally to establish these two things: that God has set up in the Church visible signs to make himself known to those who should seek him sincerely, and that he has nevertheless so disguised them that he will only be perceived by those who seek him with all their heart.
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To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.
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I didn't have to go all the way to India for spiritual enlightenment. The blue-collar spirituality of everyday life was right in front of me, it was in every nook and cranny if I wanted to seek it, but I had chosen to ignore it.
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Never seek illicit wealth.
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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.
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The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people.
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The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths.
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Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.
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There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.
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Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
