The proper task of the Savior is that he is a savior; indeed, for this he came into the world: to seek and save what was lost

Study to do another’s will rather than thine own. Choose ever to have less rather than more. Seek ever the lower place and to be subject to all; ever wish and pray that the will of God may be perfectly done in thee and in all. Behold such a man enters the bounds of peace and calm

Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said

It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace – not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone

Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love

If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself

We seek festivals for two reasons – either to create buzz because it is a small film or to find unexplored markets outside India

We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living

Those who want to “spread the wealth” almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many different countries around the world, to be a coincidence. Which is more dangerous, inequalities of wealth or concentrations of power?

To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no pity is to ask Him to be just with a justice so holy that it knows no evil and shows mercy to everyone who does not fly from Him in despair

Solitude is so necessary both for society and for the individual that when society fails to provide sufficient solitude to develop the inner life of the persons who compose it, they rebel and seek false solitudes

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us

If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts

True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God Himself, I may get my reward but I cannot be happy.

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

If you see it, darling, then it’s there! With every single beat of my heart. Every single day of my life

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him

All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means – for example, wealth and status – with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.

Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.