Famous quotes containing the word seek:
“A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempersa situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945)
“The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to healevery other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep openthis affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.”
—Washington Irving (17831859)
“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see animals fighting, not the victor raving over the vanquished.... It is the same in gambling, and the same in the search for truth.... We never seek things for themselveswhat we seek is the very seeking of things.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)