Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton. Thomas Traherne More Quotes by Thomas Traherne More Quotes From Thomas Traherne 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 starssongwind You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine. Thomas Traherne shiningsunlove 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 oceanstarshappiness 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-lovespringmen Souls are God's jewels. Thomas Traherne souljewels The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. Thomas Traherne infinite-beautymirrorsmen 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 durationspacejoy 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 mirrorsfearmen 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 gardeningworldreligion To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious. Thomas Traherne miserablepoorlove 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 kingslovewar 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 airseathinking 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 perspectiveeyesight The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love. Thomas Traherne gravessouldoe As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well. Thomas Traherne wisdomwiseclever 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. Thomas Traherne imaginationhappinessthinking 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 theatrekingdomsworld To walk abroad is, not with eyes, But thoughts, the fields to see and prize; Else may the silent feet, Like logs of wood, Move up and down, and see no good, Nor Jor nor glory meet. Thomas Traherne eyejourneymoving 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 prudentmaturitypast To think well is to serve God in the interior court. Thomas Traherne serving-godcourtthinking
