“I have never loved Fortune, even when she seemed most to love me. I never considered her treasures mine, neither her money, nor her office nor her influence. Her theft of these things, therefore. has taken away nothing of my own. Mother, my roof is the stars. My house is human goodness. My body is clothed. My stomach is full. And the thirstier part of me, my soul, drinks gladly from the pool of my books.So much for me. I am just fine.” HumansBookSoulBodyMotherHouseStarsMy OwnTakenInfluenceMinesFineDrinkGoodnessOfficeFortuneTreasureMy SoulStomachPoolRoofTheft Author:Walter Wangerin
“I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.” MenBelieveSoulPassionI BelieveEvery ManTreasureCowardHuntingProdigiesValour Book:Prester John Source: Prester John
“No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.” ShouldChildrenSoulWealthEffortEducationKindnessTreasureGenerosityYour ChildrenSympathyChild AbuseGreat TeacherTeaching ChildrenTeachers And TeachingInspirational TeacherGoodness And KindnessGreat TeachingQuality EducationMy SympathyGenerosity And KindnessHappy ChildrenKindness GenerosityTrue WealthChildren EducationChildren And EducationEducation And LiteracyNo SympathyTrue EducationTraining And EducationWhat Is EducationSympathy For A FriendChild At Heart Author:Emma Goldman
“That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave.” SoulBraveAppearanceTreasureChestsGloomy Author:John Dryden
“O blessed Health! thou art above all gold and treasure; 'tis thou who enlargest the soul, and openest all its powers to receive instruction, and to relish virtue. He that has thee has little more to wish for, and he that is so wretched as to want thee, wants everything with thee.” WantLittlesArtSoulWishVirtueHealthGoldBlessedTreasureTheeInstructionWretchedRelish Book:The Works ...: With a Life of the Author Source: The Works ...: With a Life of the Author
“I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous, they reveal themselves slowly, stone by stone, garden by garden; hidden treasures wait calmly to be loved and yield to introspective wandering.” SoulWaitingCitiesAttentionQuietTravelGardenStonesRichesArchitectureTreasureWanderYieldFormalMedievalIntrospectiveCourteousClamorHidden Treasure Author:Barbara Grizzuti Harrison