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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus · 60But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — Jesus · 60Alex Trebek1 quote
My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. — Alex Trebek · 2020Bodhidharma1 quote
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BCCeline1 quote
But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right? — Celine · 2013Denise Levertov1 quote
I like to find
what's not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature
in repose, distinct. — Denise Levertov · 1959Eric Hoffer1 quote
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. — Eric Hoffer · 1955George Moore1 quote
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. — George Moore · 1916Hermann Hesse1 quote
I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. — Hermann Hesse · 1919Jianzhi Sengcan1 quote
Even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray. — Jianzhi Sengcan · 606Joan Didion1 quote
We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. — Joan Didion · 1979Job1 quote
But where shall wisdom be found? — Job · 500 BCMasanobu Fukuoka1 quote
One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975Plutarch1 quote
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach. — PlutarchPrince Akeem1 quote
No journey is too great when one finds what he seeks. — Prince Akeem · 1988U.G. Krishnamurti1 quote
All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984Walker Evans1 quote
Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here for long. — Walker Evans · 1966Xenophanes1 quote
The gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve. — XenophanesZophar1 quote
Canst thou by searching find out God? — Zophar · 500 BC