If you wish to find the way that leads to life, look for it in the Way who says, "I am the way, the door, the truth, and the life", and there you will find it. Only let your search be diligent and painstaking, for "few there are that find it" and if you are not among the few you will find yourself with the many. (Maximos the Confessor)

The second quote is from Matthew 7:14. The original Greek is ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν or oligoi eisin oi euriskontes auten.

Like Maximos, I usually focus on the noun - few - rather than the verb - find.

But look carefully at the Greek - euriskontes - and you see the origin of our English heuristics.

According to my dictionary heuristics means:

Serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation; OR encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error: a heuristic teaching method; OR of, pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.

This definition is consistent with the meaning of the original Greek.

We are encouraged to undertake this way, this path, this rigorously questioning approach to faith.