Willa Cather Quotes

From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him.

God puts certain things in certain people. I'm a restless soul. I'm always searching. I'm always pressing to find what truth is and what life is all about.

I didn't really have a religious upbringing in my life, which was tough at times because I was searching for some kind of meaning, but it also gave me an avenue to find my own sense of connection.

I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers.

I think that we all at some point are in search of something - a higher power, whatever you want to call it, the meaning of life. I know I was, especially at even my son's age in my 20s, and dabbling in Eastern philosophies and yoga and Buddhism and Christianity and Islam. I kind of touched them all, you know, just trying to figure out the meaning of life or if nothing else, figure myself out.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

Self-realization is great.

For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline.

I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

My nature is... well... I'm a searcher by nature. I'm constantly searching for something; that's why I have a song called 'Looking for Something.' How do I do it? I read a lot of spiritual books; I meditate.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.

I've always known there's more to life than just racing for a long time.

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

I'm always soul searching on a spiritual level.

Islam is about finding your own space.

If you sense there must be more, there is more.

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

Marrying Martin and the movement perfected my journey of discovery, soothed my yearning to pour out the values and vision within my soul.

I needed to take a break from acting, because I really idolized it. So I came off from it, and I went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian. It really just gave me so much love and light within myself. I felt secure, like I didn't need validation from anyone else, or getting a part.

What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking.

If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.

We wanted to more richly experience why we were alive, not just make a better life, and so people went in search of things. The great thing that came from those that time was to realize that there was definitely more to life than the materialism of the late sixties and early sixties. We were going in search of something deeper.

Be what it is that you are seeking.