Quotes about Seeking

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

I would like to be found. I would like to see. Or to be seen. I wonder if, in the eye of God, it amounts to the same thing.

The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

Sin is a thing of time, but mercy is from everlasting. Transgression is but of yesterday, but mercy was ever of old. Before you and I sought the Lord, the Lord sought us.

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.

The man who would truly know God must give time to Him.

We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.

When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.

One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to see that there is a sense in which everything is a gift. Even my widowhood.

What you're looking for is already inside you. You've heard this before, but the holy thing inside you really is that which causes you to seek it. You can't buy it, lease it, rent it, date it, or apply for it. The best job in the world can't give it to you. Neither can succes, or fame, or financial security - besides which, there ain't no such thing.

Sooner or later, each of us becomes (for a while) the kind of person who believes in the reptile people that control the earth. We're seeking our own little pocket of uniqueness.