Thomas Traherne: Nothing

Thomas Traherne was English poet. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.

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“A stranger here
Strange things doth meet, strange glories see;
Strange treasures lodg'd in this fair world appear,
Strange all and new to me;
But that they mine should be who nothing was,
That strangest is of all; yet brought to pass.”

Thomas Traherne

"The Salutation", stanza 7; The Poetical Works of Thomas Traherne, B.D. (London: Bertram Dobell, 1903) p. 3.

World , Appearance

“As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.”

Thomas Traherne

First Century, sect. 8.
Centuries of Meditations

Thinking

“An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing.”

Thomas Traherne

First Century, sect. 1.
Centuries of Meditations

Books , Soul