237 Quotes About Searching

My mother and father were always pushing me away from secondhand answers—even the answers they themselves believed. I don’t know that I have ever found any satisfactory answers of my own. But every time I ask it, the question is refined. That is the best of what the old heads meant when they spoke of being “politically conscious”—as much a series of actions as a state of being, a constant questioning, questioning as ritual, questioning as exploration rather than the search for certainty.

If you have not found it, keep searching, you shall surely find what you seek for.

The world is full of people looking for meaning in the shape of a bird not native to this country turning up in this country after all.

I wonder the world desperate to find the edge of myself…Existence is an art.

And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?

(...) Where are you trying to go?”Harry hesitated. “I’m not really sure,” he said.“Then perhaps you are already there.

Like most women, I’ve spent far too much time shuffling around this mortal coil looking for non-horror-show toilets. Few of my male counterparts partake of this quest. Instead, with the cheerful insouciance of Labrador puppies, they regard the earth as their urinal.

I have never searched for happiness. Who wants happiness? I have searched for pleasure.

If you can see a cop in your rear view mirror - no matter how far back the cop is - TURN! The sooner you turn the better. Your goal while driving should be to never let a law enforcement officer into a position where he can pull you over. Don't even let them come close enough to read your tag.