Charlie Haden Quotes

We go through our lives in a continual dance of being filled with something that needs an answer, and then going out and finding that answer... only to find out that our answer wasn't quite the answer.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

The two most important days in your life are the day your are born and the day you find out why.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history, digging into the earth and looking for it, searching - it's a passion.

Not all those who wander are lost.

I was looking for what the meaning of life was.

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.

Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

My whole life I've been a seeker, searching for something.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

The journeythe journey, I promise you, is the greatest thing ever. The destination always takes care of itself.

I've always been somebody on a journey of discovery.

The purpose of life is to find out 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?' and 'Where am I going?'

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.

A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.

The younger you are, the more experimenting you should do. But once you've found what you were created to do, stick with it.