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• The sceptic, when he plunges into the depths of infidelity, like the miser who leaps from the shipwreck, will find that the treasures which he bears about him will only sink him deeper in the abyss.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Infidelity, Depth, Bears

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.109

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• The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

  Saadi

  Dragons, Rose, Joy

  "Gulistan". Book by Saadi Shirazi, Chapter VII. Apologue 21, 1258.

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• In isolation I ruthlessly plow the deep silences, seeking my opportunities like a miner seeking veins of treasures. In what shallow glimmering space shall I find what glimmering glory?

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Opportunity, Space, Silence

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• Whoever has the world's treasures has them no matter how he got them. In the world of the spirit it is otherwise.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Faith, World, Matter

  "Fear and Trembling". Book by Soren Kierkegaard, translation by S. Walsh, p. 21, 2006.

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• Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.

  Zoroaster

  Desire, World, May

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• How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success. It's treasures are priceless - but they can be stolen.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Heart, Character, Secret

  Charles R. Swindoll (1993). “The Quest for Character: Inspirational Thoughts for Becoming More Like Christ”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• And what kind of habitation pleases God? What must our natures be like before he can feel at home within us? He asks nothing but a pure heart and a single mind. He asks no rich paneling, no rugs from the Orient, no art treasures from afar. He desires but sincerity, transparency, humility, and love. He will see to the rest.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Art, Home, Humility

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• The Rosary is a treasure of graces

  Pope Paul V

  Christian, Grace, Rosary

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• The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed.... Regardless of their record or character, all human beings have an irreducible glory and significance to them, because God loves them.... So we must treasure each and every human being as a way of showing due respect for the majesty of their owner and Creator.

  Timothy Keller

  Character, Records, Majesty

  Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.57, Penguin

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• The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery. There lies companies that were never started, masterpieces that were never painted… In the cemetery there is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. There is a treasure within you that must come out. Don’t go to the grave with your treasure still within YOU.

  Myles Munroe

  Lying, Greatest Treasure, Oil

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• Dulce is one of the Philippines' natural treasures.

  Ryan Cayabyab

  Philippines, Natural

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• The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Book, Men, Yield

  Matthew Henry, J. Gill, Arthur W. Pink (2001). “Exposition of I and II Samuel”, p.197, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Genealogy of American Finance is a treasure trove of information on American banking and its history, in an unusual -- and unusually useful -- format.

  John Steele Gordon

  Banking, Information, Finance

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• Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.

  Thomas Traherne

  Life And Love, Spring, Men

  Thomas Traherne, Dick Davis (1980). “Selected writings of Thomas Traherne”, Carcanet Pr

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• A stranger here Strange things doth meet, strange glories see; Strange treasures lodged in this fair world appear, Strange all, and new to me. But that they mine should be, who nothing was, That strangest is of all, yet brought to pass.

  Thomas Traherne

  Religion, Gardening, World

  The Salutation (published 1903).

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• Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.

  Ed McMahon

  Mean, New Orleans, Cities

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• I humbly thank the gods benign, For all the blessings that are mine... The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads an opal canopy. Home-bound, the drifting cloud-crafts rest Where sunset ambers all the west; Soft o'er the poppy-fields of sleep, The drowsy winds of dreamland creep. What idle things are wealth and fame Beside the treasures one could name!

  Robert Loveman

  Gratitude, Morning, Sunset

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• Christianity in particular should be dubbed a great treasure-chamber of ingenious consolations, such a store of refreshing, soothing, deadening drugs has it accumulated within itself.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Christian, Drug, Should

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Died, Dies

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• The Bible was written in tears, and to tears it yields its best treasures.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Yield, Tears, Written

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• Whatever be the depth of woe Along the path that I must go, I'll sing my song— My song of joy for all the love That's lavished on us from above, And count no loss of treasure-trove When things go wrong. I'll sing the sunlight, and the bright Soft smiling stars that gem the night; For gifts of good That God hath spread along my way, The lilt of birds in tuneful play, The harvests full and flowers gay, The whole day long I'll sing my song Of gratitude!

  John Kendrick Bangs

  Song, Gratitude, Stars

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• Treasure the shadow. ... There are no shadows save from substance cast.

  Edith M. Thomas

  Shadow, Substance, Casts

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• If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. Besides, those voices are merely guardians and demons protecting the real treasure, the first thoughts of the mind.

  Natalie

  Real, Voice, Mind

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• Everyone is good at something, and you'll come to find out that the more you
  share your treasures, the shinier they get, and the more valuable they become.
  We can become rich beyond imagination when we discover that
  WE ARE ALL SPARKLING JEWELS.

  Lee Simonson

  Jewels, Imagination, Rich

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• I have investigated the dust-heaps of humanity, and found a treasure in all of them. I have found that humanity is not incidentally engaged, but eternally and systematically engaged, in throwing gold into the gutter and diamonds into the sea.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Dust, Sea, Humanity

  "The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.

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