quest for

Verb

Meaning

go in search of or hunt for

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Examples

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being. Dag Hammarskjöld

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. Remy de Gourmont

Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force ... is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security. Martin Luther King Jr.

Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why. Warren Weaver

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. Martin Luther King Jr.

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self. Mary McCarthy

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