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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A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.
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I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
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Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.
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What I seek is a permanent opening of possibilities.
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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
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Seek more opportunities to put more love in the world.
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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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The inspiration you seek is already within you. Be silent and listen.
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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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Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak.
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Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places.
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Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause.
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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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Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.
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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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To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.
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One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people.
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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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Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames
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The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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And so by carefully investigating what is here and now, we must seek for the things that can save us. We should flee, entirely, all the works of lawlessness; otherwise, they may overwhelm us. And we should hate the error of the present age, that we may be loved in the age to come. 2 We should not allow our souls to relax, thinking they can consort with sinners and the wicked; otherwise we may become like them.
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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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Never seek illicit wealth.
