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Jean RostandA man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

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Terry PratchettThe presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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Martin HeideggerThe grandeur of man is measured according to what he seeks and according to the urgency by which he remains a seeker.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

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Robert M. PirsigThe only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

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RumiWhat you seek is seeking you.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Ralph Waldo EmersonThat what we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Lyndon JohnsonThe noblest search is the search for excellence.

—  Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969]

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Antonio PorchiaI stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Thomas EdisonWhen you've exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You Haven't!

—  Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor

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Paul ValeryThe history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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RumiI searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Noam ChomskyScience is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that’s where the light is. It has no other choice.

—  Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist

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RumiWe carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Pablo PicassoI do not seek. I just find.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Jean CocteauFind first, seek later.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Frank TygerReputations are made by searching for things that can't be done and doing them.

—  Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist

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Eugene O’NeillObsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

—  Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936

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Cesare PaveseOne must look for one thing only, to find many.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Charles BukowskiI stopped looking for a dream girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Thomas CarlyleIt is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Rainer Maria RilkeI am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or an unfinished song.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Joseph CampbellQuesting... is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Robert Louis StevensonThe most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Marshall McLuhanI do not explain, I explore.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Marshall McLuhanAs a rule, I always look for what others ignore.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

D. H. LawrenceThose that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseSearching means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Søren KierkegaardI must find a truth that is true for me.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

Latin Quotes

Latin proverbNot who but what.

Non quis, sed quid.

—  Latin proverb

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Quotes in Verse

Alfred TennysonI follow up the quest despite of day and night and death and hell.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Wallace StevensThe way through the world
Is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Alfred TennysonCome friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Rudyard KiplingI keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When and How and Why and Who.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

Emily DickinsonI am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Funny Quotes

Ashleigh BrilliantI'm in search of myself
have you seen me anywhere?

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ancient Greek

HeraclitusHe who does not hope for the unexpected, will not find it.

Εάν μη έλπηται ανέλπιστον, ουκ εξευρήσει.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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DiogenesI am looking for a human.

Άνθρωπον ζητώ.

—  Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

     (walking around with a lamp in broad daylight)

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