An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing (Centuries of Meditation)
Thomas Traherne quote You never know yourself till you know more than your body.
Thomas Traherne quote 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 quote Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.
Thomas Traherne quote 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 quote Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never unfold?
Thomas Traherne quote Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.
Thomas Traherne quote More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.
Thomas Traherne quote Biography
English mystic
