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Souls are God's jewels.

Souls are God's jewels.

Thomas Traherne
Jewels, Soul
Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love.

Thomas Traherne
Soul, Doe, Graves
Thomas Traherne, Bertram Dobell (1908). “Centuries of Meditations, by Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) Now First Printed Frome the Author”

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.

Thomas Traherne
Success, Thinking, Soul
Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.299, Cosimo, Inc.

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.

Thomas Traherne
Book, Reading, Soul
Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.

The sense itself was I. I felt no dross or matter in my soul, no brims or borders, such as in a bowl we see. My essence was capacity.

Thomas Traherne
Essence, Soul, Matter

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.

Thomas Traherne
Love, Shining, Soul

An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written.

Thomas Traherne
Book, Soul, May
Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.

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