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
thinking easy difficult
As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.
moving eye feet
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.
love shining soul
You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.
thinking court serving-god
To think well is to serve God in the interior court.
heart greatness men
Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, his mighty confidence and contempt of danger, his true security and repose in himself, his liberty to dare and do what he pleaseth, his alacrity in the midst of fears, his invincible temper, are advantages which make him master of fortune.
book childhood world
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?