Quotes by Thomas Traherne

Thomas Traherne

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.

Eye

Perspective

Sight

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.

Gardening

Religion

World

An empty book is like an Infant’s soul, in which anything may be written.

Book

May

Soul

An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.

Book

Reading

Soul

And every stone and every star a tongue, And every gale of wind a curious song. The Heavens were an oracle, and spoke Divinity: the Earth did undertake The office of a priest; and I being dumb (Nothing besides was dumb) all things did come With voices and instructions.

Song

Stars

Wind

As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.

Clever

Wisdom

Wise

Be sensible of your wants, that you maybe sensible of your treasures.

Sensible

Treasure

Want

By this you may see who are the rude and barbarous Indians: For verily there is no savage nation under the cope of Heaven, that is more absurdly barbarous than the Christian World. They that go naked and drink water and live upon roots are like Adam, or Angels in comparison of us.

Angel

Christian

Roots

Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.

Children

Paradise

Sweet

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

Conceited

Encouraging

Love You

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Air

Allure

Angel

Believe

Blessing

Body

Book

Childhood

Children

Christian

Clever

Conceited

Corn

Court

Cousin

Dark

Delight

Doe

Duration

Encouraging

Essence

Eye

Father

Fear

Fields

Flower

Gardening

Gold

Graves

Greatness

Happiness

Heart

Heaven

Imagination

Infinite Beauty

Influence

Inspirational

Jewels

Journey

Joy

Kingdoms

Kings

Know Yourself

Knowledge

Knows

Life And Love

Light

Love

Love You

Matter

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Quotes by Thomas Traherne

Thomas Traherne

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.

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.

An empty book is like an Infant’s soul, in which anything may be written.

An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.

And every stone and every star a tongue, And every gale of wind a curious song. The Heavens were an oracle, and spoke Divinity: the Earth did undertake The office of a priest; and I being dumb (Nothing besides was dumb) all things did come With voices and instructions.

As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.

Be sensible of your wants, that you maybe sensible of your treasures.

By this you may see who are the rude and barbarous Indians: For verily there is no savage nation under the cope of Heaven, that is more absurdly barbarous than the Christian World. They that go naked and drink water and live upon roots are like Adam, or Angels in comparison of us.

Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

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