Quotes about Quest

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

The wise still seek Him.

I go to see a Greater Perhaps.

I have sought happiness through many ages and not found it.

For the man on the quest, the universe becomes enchanting-an effect that good religion accomplishes. There are no dead ends, no wasted time, no useless characters or meaningless happenings. All has meaning, and God is in all things waiting to speak and to bless. Everything belongs once a man is on his real quest and asking the right questions.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

I don't know what is behind the curtain; only that I need to find out.

I was always going to the bookcase for another sip of the divine specific.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

If you are going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.

matinees had borrowed freely from those ancient tales. And that the stories we learned in Sunday school corresponded with those of other cultures that recognized the soul's high adventure, the quest of mortals to grasp the reality of God. He helped me to see the connections, to understand how the pieces fit, and not merely to fear less but to welcome what he described as "a mighty multicultural future.