Blaise Pascal
(1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“Find first, seek later.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
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Eckhart Tolle
(1948) German writer
Variant: Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing what is rather than making up stories about it. Unhappiness covers up your natural state of wellbeing and inner peace, the source of true happiness.
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“At first first nothing will happen to us
and later on
it will happen to us again.”
Variant: first of all nothing will happen
and a little later
nothing will happen again
Source: Book of Longing
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
Stephen R. Covey
(1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
“That is the first thing to learn — not to seek.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
(1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
1960s, Freedom From The Known (1969)
Context: That is the first thing to learn — not to seek. When you seek you are really only window-shopping. The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality, or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosophers or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself and that is why you must know yourself. Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
Source: Chapterhouse: Dune