"Natural things are glorious, and to know them…" — Thomas Traherne

"Natural things are glorious, and to know them is glorious."

— Thomas Traherne

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38 Quotes by Thomas Traherne

Thomas Traherne has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is…
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's…
You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the…
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things,…
This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting…
The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet…
To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by…
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary…
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them…
Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly…

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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of… — Teresa of Avila
The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord. — Sai Baba
Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just… — Russell Baker
Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious… — Ludwig van Beethoven
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is… — Bruce Beresford
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is… — Halle Berry
It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part… — Russell Brand
We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events? — Rita Mae Brown
To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. — Martin Buber
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. — Barbara Bush
And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see. — Donald Cargill
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! — Andrew Carnegie

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