Quotes about Seeking

Simply present yourself to God as if you were a poor man knocking on the door of a rich man, and fix your attention on His presence.

My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you."

You will not find what you want in the world, only in the Father.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.

I had often sought for the peace there is in Christ, but I could not seem to find the freedom I desired. A terrible sadness rested on my heart. I could not think of anything I had done to cause me to feel sad; but it seemed to me that I was not good enough to enter Heaven, that such a thing would be altogether too much for me to expect.

I felt so thirsty for God, so embarrassed by Christianity, and so ready for something more.

Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee.

To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it is there when the mind is silent and the heart is empty of the things of the mind.

Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.

People have always searched for answers. That's why we have religion; people have always been seeking some relief from their own mortality.