Quotes of Thomas Traherne

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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

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“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ In love, trust is a tonic and suspicion is a poison. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. ”

- Gary Zukav

“ Perfection does not exist you can always do better and you can always grow. ”

- Les Brown

“ I love my attitude problem. ”

- Unknown

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Let me take you from Miss to Mrs ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it. ”

- Rabindranath Tagore

“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic