Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne MAwas an English poet, clergyman, theologian, and religious writer. Little information is known about his life. The intense, scholarly spirituality in his writings has led to his being commemorated by some parts of the Anglican Communion on 10 Octoberor on September 27...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
book soul may
An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written,
kings gold delight
Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world.
corn wheat should
The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting.
book soul mind
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.
men mirrors light
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.
life-and-love spring men
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.
nature natural glorious
Natural things are glorious, and to know them is glorious.
thinking air sea
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.
happiness thinking imagination
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 important imagination, and the way to happiness.
love shining sun
You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.
soul doe buried
The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love.
eye sight envy
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.
stars ocean sea
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.
love kings war
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.