Who said this (need help with a quote)?

Question

"You can't find it by seeking, but only seekers find it."

I've heard this quote before but I'm having trouble finding out who wrote it. I wish to include it in a book that i'm writing and i would appreciate any help that you could offer. Much love and thanks.

thanks to all --- Allman, i'm not quite sure what you mean; can you elaborate for me

Answer 1

Attributed to Goethe, but not proven.

Answer 2

You can't find it by seeking, but only seekers find it.
A man in his folly soon becomes wise.
The only value in seeking is to finally discover that seeking doesn't work.
Alcoholics remain alcoholics until they hit bottom, and the fastest way to hit bottom is to drink more.
The rabbit chases the carrot in front of him. The harder he chases it, the sooner he drops down in total exhaustion, whereupon he notices that the carrot has fallen down with him. If he had chosen the path of just ambling after the carrot, he might never have discovered this.
If we fervently believe that effort can get us there, by God, we should expendas much effort as possible to get there.
That's why I respect people like Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts - at least they have the motivation to put all their energies into their quest, no matter how mis-guided it might seem to others. Repression retards resolution.
- Gerald Bryan

Hope this helps

Answer 3

You can't find it by seeking, but only seekers find it.
A man in his folly soon becomes wise.
The only value in seeking is to finally discover that seeking doesn't work.
Alcoholics remain alcoholics until they hit bottom, and the fastest way to hit
bottom is to drink more.
The rabbit chases the carrot in front of him. The harder he chases it, the
sooner he drops down in total exhaustion, whereupon he notices that the
carrot has fallen down with him. If he had chosen the path of just ambling
after the carrot, he might never have discovered this.
If we fervently believe that effort can get us there, by God, we should expend
as much effort as possible to get there.
That's why I respect people like Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts - at least
they have the motivation to put all their energies into their quest, no
matter how mis-guided it might seem to others.
Repression retards resolution.
- Gerald Bryan on talk.religion.newage

Answer 4

http://www.astrolog.org/home/quotes.txt
this page attributes it to Gerald Bryan on talk.religion.newage.

it was the only google hit when surrounded by quotes.

Answer 5

It is so ancient that only a few know it! Any attribution to it today is false... to use it you must know the truth of it or it will hunt you down and kill you!

Answer 6

You already got good answers.