Seek Quotes
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It is the artist’s privilege to seek his material where he pleases, and it is no man’s privilege to say him nay.
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If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the Granth Sahib or the Koran?
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective.
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Fairness is a concept that holds only in limited situations. Yet we want the concept to extend to everything, in and out of phase. From snails to hardware stores to married life. Maybe no one finds it, or even misses it, but fairness is like love. What is given has nothing to do with what we seek.
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He does not seek glory - yet people respect him.
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Why would a man need both a wife and a mistress? A smart man would seek out and fall in love with a woman who can play both.
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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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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
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Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.
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Do not seek for information of which you cannot make use.
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Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
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The fact that God is sovereign over the distribution of gifts (1 Cor. 12:7) is no reason not to seek the gifts. God is sovereign over our food too, but though he desires to provide it for his children (see Matt. 6:25–34) and wants us to seek his kingdom first (Matt. 6:9–10, 33), he expects us to pray for him to provide our food (Matt. 6:11; 7:7–11).
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To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them: to dare, to seek, to invent; it is at such a moment that new talents are revealed, discovered, and realized.
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We all die eventually. But the one thing we can do is seek answers along the way.
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What we seek we do not find - that would be too trim and tidy for so reckless and opulent a thing as life. It is something else we find.
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.
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Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.
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Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.
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God's chief gift to those who seek him is Himself.
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Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.
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One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.
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Seek the companionship of virtuous friends, not virtual friends.
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Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, it is essential that you surround yourself with people who believe that what you seek and what you believe in are not only possible but also very probable.
