God was there, and yet people believed they still had to go on looking, because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

life is a quest for love and a quest for god, and there is no car or plane for this trip. it is an old-fashioned quest made on our own two feet.

We are bored with God because our heartsq do not hunger for God, seek God, love God

Seek and you shall find" does not refer to anything else: long life, conquest of earthly enemies, freedom from pain, disease, death, betrayal, weakness, and so on. But it does refer to God and to that which God is: "God is agap?." That is why all who seek it find it. De Caussade says: "If you search for this kingdom where God alone rules, you can be quite sure you will find it" (p. 112).

I'm always inclined to believe that the best way of knowing [the divine] is to love a great deal. Love that friend, that person, that thing, whatever you like, you'll be on the right path to knowing more thoroughly, afterwards; that's what I say to myself. But you must love with a high, serious intimate sympathy, with a will, with intelligence, and you must always seek to know more thoroughly, better, and more.

If we cannot detect God's presence in the world, it may be that we have been looking in the wrong places.

Quiet time is not an excuse for the lazy but a wise investment for the diligent.

God wants to be known by you, and you can know as much about Him as you have the appetite and desire to know.

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out.

He did believe we were designed to search for and find something. And he wondered out loud if the point wasn't the search but the transformation the search creates.

As long as you continue to seek Him, son, your love will continue to grow. And as you express your love for Him through obedience, He'll reveal more of himself to you.

Seeking with all of your heart requires more than just the routine Christian good girl checklist.