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.

Quote by Thomas Traherne

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You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

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

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

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a...

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a...

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven:...

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven:...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are...

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are...

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable,...

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable,...

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because...

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because...

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love...

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till...

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till...

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.