Light is but the shadow of God. Thomas Browne More Quotes by Thomas Browne More Quotes From Thomas Browne It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her blind, and hoodwink the providence of the Almighty. Thomas Browne mysteryblindeye Not to be content with Life is the unsatisfactory state of those which destroy themselves; who being afraid to live, run blindly upon their own Death, which no Man fears by Experience. Thomas Browne life-isrunningmen We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits that are the house of life. Thomas Browne wakinghousesleep Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own. Thomas Browne lockskeysheart There is no man alone, because every man is a Microcosm, and carries the whole world about him. Thomas Browne microcosmmenworld I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves. Thomas Browne communitystudysake I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles. Thomas Browne principlesbelieveworld To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. Thomas Browne infamousworthydeeds Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living: All things fall under this name. The Sun itself is but the dark simulacrum, and the light but the shadow of God. Thomas Browne shadow-of-deathdarkfall But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us. Thomas Browne flamesanimalmen Whosoever enjoys not this life, I count him but an apparition, though he wear about him the sensible affections of flesh. In these moral acceptions, the way to be immortal is to die daily. Thomas Browne moralfleshway Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. Thomas Browne shadowhalfbrother They that endeavour to abolish vice destroy also virtue, for contraries, though they destroy one another, are yet the life of one another. Thomas Browne endeavourvirtuevices I can cure the gout or stone in some, sooner than Divinity, Pride, or Avarice in others. Thomas Browne divinitygoutpride I love to lose myself in a mystery to pursue my reason to an O altitudo. Thomas Browne pursuemysteryreason Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion. Thomas Browne indirectjusticeway Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition, and human lapses, may make not only moles but warts in learned authors. Thomas Browne lapsesmolesmistake Every Country hath its Machiavel. Thomas Browne country The man without a navel still lives in me. Thomas Browne navelhe-manmen He who must needs have company, must needs have sometimes bad company. Thomas Browne bad-companysometimesneeds
