Thoughts on treasure hunts

The word ‘question’ originates from the Latin root, quaestio, which means ‘to seek’. Inside the word ‘question’ is the word ‘quest’, suggesting that within every question is an adventure, a pursuit which can lead us to hidden treasure.
— Tom Wujec

They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny.
— Paulo Coelho

One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up.
— Friedrich Nietzsche

Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that’s put to use more gold begets.
— William Shakespeare

A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.
— Smiley Blanton

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins.
— Lope de VegaRiches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have just three things to teach: Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
— Lao Tzu

One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.
— Marie Brennan

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