#seeking

Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#because #been #beyond #characteristic #economic

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. ↗

— Plato

#being #content #most #seeking #themselves

Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#because #every #everything #god #great

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#food #good #good food #into #lot

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#eyes #having #landscapes #new #new eyes

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discovery #eyes #having #landscapes #new

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking. ↗

— Jean Racine

#found #may #nothing #out #seeking

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#continue #courage #difficult #during #focused

Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#destroy #harm #infrastructure #lives #our

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#comfortable #comfortable life #go #jazz #life