Thomas Traherne Quotes

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• 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.

  Thomas Traherne

  Song, Stars, Wind

  Thomas Traherne, “Dumbness”

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• 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 stars.

  Thomas Traherne

  Happiness, Stars, Ocean

  'Centuries of Meditations' Century 1, 29

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• 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 is a region of Light and Peace, did not men disquiet it. It is the Paradise of God.

  Thomas Traherne

  Fear, Men, Mirrors

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.24, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.

  Thomas Traherne

  Love, Shining, Sun

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.30, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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 skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.

  Thomas Traherne

  Morning, Father, Angel

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.23, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.

  Thomas Traherne

  Cousin, Sleep, Skeletons

  A Serious and a Curious Night-Meditation' (published 1903).

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• Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, his mighty confidence and contempt of danger, his true security and repose in himself, his liberty to dare and do what he pleaseth, his alacrity in the midst of fears, his invincible temper, are advantages which make him master of fortune.

  Thomas Traherne

  Heart, Greatness, Men

  "The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D". Book edited by Bertram Dobell, London: Bertram Dobell, p. LVII, "Christian Ethicks" (1675), 1903.

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• The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it.

  Thomas Traherne

  Men, Mirrors, Infinite Beauty

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.24, Cosimo, Inc.

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

  Thomas Traherne

  Wise, Wisdom, Clever

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Souls are God's jewels.

  Thomas Traherne

  Jewels, Soul

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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 and love.

  Thomas Traherne

  Love, Kings, War

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.

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

  Thomas Traherne

  Treasure, Want, Sensible

  Thomas Traherne, Bertram Dobell (1950). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.21, CCEL

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• The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love.

  Thomas Traherne

  Soul, Doe, Graves

  Thomas Traherne, Bertram Dobell (1908). “Centuries of Meditations, by Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) Now First Printed Frome the Author”

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• This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.

  Thomas Traherne

  Theatre, World, Kingdoms

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.145, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself flowers in your veins,
  till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars: and
  perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world, and more than
  so, because men and women are in it who are every one sole heirs as well
  as you. Till you can sing and rejoice and delight, as misers do in gold, and
  kings in scepters, you never enjoy the world.

  Thomas Traherne

  Stars, Kings, Flower

  'Centuries of Meditations' Century 1, 29

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• 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.

  Thomas Traherne

  Religion, Gardening, World

  The Salutation (published 1903).

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• Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.

  Thomas Traherne

  Life And Love, Spring, Men

  Thomas Traherne, Dick Davis (1980). “Selected writings of Thomas Traherne”, Carcanet Pr

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• To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

  Thomas Traherne

  Love, Miserable, Poor

  Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.276, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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 of the future.

  Thomas Traherne

  Maturity, Past, Prudent

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• 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 another region and room of joys.

  Thomas Traherne

  Space, Joy, Duration

  Thomas Traherne, Bertram Dobell (1950). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.230, CCEL

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• 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.

  Thomas Traherne

  Encouraging, Love You, Conceited

  Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.266, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profitable? And the Giver bountiful? Yet these are the things which it is difficult to retain. For could we always be sensible of their use and value, we should be always delighted with their wealth and glory.

  Thomas Traherne

  Thinking, Air, Sea

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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 and see, all is in vain.

  Thomas Traherne

  Success, Thinking, Soul

  Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.299, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The sense itself was I. I felt no dross or matter in my soul, no brims or borders, such as in a bowl we see. My essence was capacity.

  Thomas Traherne

  Essence, Soul, Matter

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• 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.

  Thomas Traherne

  Eye, Sight, Perspective

  Thomas Traherne (2007). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.241, Cosimo, Inc.

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