Quotes About Treasure

How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search for it the greater the riches you will find; let us search unceasingly and let us not stop until we have found it.

There are so many examples of human misuse of the Earth that even phrasing this question chills me. If there is life on Mars, I believe we should do nothing with Mars. Mars then belongs to the Martians, even if the Martians are only microbes. The existence of an independent biology on a nearby planet is a treasure beyond assessing, and the preservation of that life must, I think, supersede any other possible use of Mars.

On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for anything. They'd been left to her mother by an elderly aunt, and she was proud of them because they looked nice but were completely useless. There was little room on the farm for useless things that looked nice, so they were treasured.

sometimes it's easier to search for treasure than to find it, because finding it forces you to make decisions about what to do with it, and it makes you fear the reality of how hard it may be to keep it without becoming a slave to it!

The Kingdom of God is a treasure. Once you have touched that treasure, you know that the things you previously considered to be conditions for your happiness are just obstacles.

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

Chloe-lass: If I'm not here with you now, I'm beyond this life, for 'tis the only way I'll ever let you go. ... I hoped I loved you well, sweet, for I know even now that you are my brightest shining star. I knew it the moment I saw you. Ah, lass, you so adore your artifacts. This thief covets but one priceless treasure: You. Dageus -In a letter

Joy, that elusive, priceless commodity, was once again his.

The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre or to balls, or to the pub, and the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you will be able to save and the greater will become your treasure which neither moth nor rust will corrupt—your capital. The less you are, the less you express your life, the more you have, the greater is your alienated life and the greater is the saving of your alienated being.

The cave you most fear to enter contains the greatest treasure – Joseph Campbell

The secret to life, she had said, was to find the little things, the unimportant ones that would nonetheless always remind you of the precious things they accompanied—and hold onto them.

If we are not aware of this wall, achieving inner peace may take much longer than necessary, as it did with Jane and her father. Once we recognize and own the fact that we may have a wall, bringing it down becomes our greatest desire, for this wall covers a very significant door, a door we subconsciously yearn to open and enter. Inside the door is our most rare treasure.

I have been to the world's end and back and now I know what I would put in my bottom drawer. I would put my sisters.

Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.

She resembled a rainbow and the pot of gold; rarely observed and never discovered.

Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always.

Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always." - Mixtli (Aztec)

Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always." - Mixtli (Aztec)

A faithful friend is a strong protection. A person who has found one has found a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, And his value cannot be weighed. A faithful friend is a life-giving medicine. — The Apocrypha

the ability to draw consciously upon your nonphysical guidance and assistance, to communicate consciously with a nonphysical Teacher, is a treasure that cannot be described, a treasure beyond words and value.

The most precious treasure is virtue.

Using St. Paul's image of the earthen vessel, we could say that Jesus' vessel is divine; mine, on the other hand, is earthen and is filled with a divine treasure (2 Cor. 4:7). This is the meaning of grace in Christian life. It has to do with the experience of gratuitousness. Our Godliness is given to us as a free gift.3

She was thinking that she was foolish to hope that someday, if she found the right path, she would be continuously happy. No one is that fortunate. The moments of beauty, the moments when you feel blessed, are only moments; but memory and imagination, treasuring them, can string them together like the delicate glories on the necklace her father had given her. Everything else passes away; that which you love remains. She had to believe this, even if she wasn't sure it was true.

We have to know someone before we can truly love him. In order to know God, we must think about Him often. Once we get to know Him, we will think about Him even more often, because where our treasure is, there also is our heart!