in search of
Looking for; seeking.
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Joseph Joubert
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream. Paulo Coelho
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of. Michel de Montaigne
He is in search of a ram with five feet. Italian Proverb
No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. Xhosa Proverb
A hungry man will thrust his fingers into a snake's hole in search of a grasshopper. African Proverb