All Thomas Traherne Quotes
- 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.... All
- Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the… Air
- You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the… Aright
- 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… All
- This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is… All
- The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It… Atheism
- To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious. All
- I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace… Advance
- To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an… Bedlam
- More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery. Company
- Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel… Believe
- Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly objects from before them, to… Betimes
- It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in… Add
- We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities… Awareness
- 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… Consequence
- The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. Beauty
- We love we know not what, and therefore everything allures us. Allure
- You never know yourself till you know more than your body. Body
- An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written, Book
- The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste… Action