Quotes about Search

she had always looked for sparks of competence, like a diamond prospector in an unpromising wasteland.

Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of our search for it! And why should it determine that we come to the right conclusions from the evidence? Might it not equally well determine that we draw the wrong conclusion? Or no conclusion at all?

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

Meditation is a serious intention of the mind whereby wee come to search out the truth, and settle it effectually upon the heart.

One study calculated that people spend 3,680 hours in their lifetime looking for lost items, which works out to 150 twenty-four-hour days.

I wasn't looking for religion; I was looking for a world view.

Love means admiration for qualities in the lover that promise to correct our weaknesses and imbalances; love is a search for completion.

Expecting to find the answer, we find only the duplicate of our own problem.

It was when I was happiest that I longed most...The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from.

Of course it does, Jomes answered earnestly. Many of life's treasures remain hidden from us simply because we never search for them. Often we do not ask the proper questions that might lead us to the answer to all our challenges. We are so caught up in fear and regret, that hope seems a foolish endeavor. Proof of hope, however, is not only possible, it is an overlooked law of the universe.

If a person has any inclination toward the best that life has to offer, a constant and never-ending search for truth is a must. For while one can know the truth and never achieve the best, it is not possible to achieve the best without knowing the truth.