To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present... wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
By this you may see who are the rude and barbarous Indians: for verily there is no savage nation under the cope of Heaven, that is... more absurdly barbarous than the Christian World. They that go naked and drink water and live upon roots are like Adam, or Angels in comparison of us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for... asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned wit...h the stars: and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting t...o everlasting.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle ...in the mind is of infinite consequence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The green trees when I saw them first through one of the gates transported and ravished me, their sweetness and unusual beauty mad...e my heart to leap, and almost mad with ecstasy, they were such strange and wonderful things.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So that with much ado I was corrupted, and made to learn the dirty devices of this world. Which now I unlearn, and become, as... it were, a little child again that I may enter into the Kingdom of God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O what venerable and reverend creatures did the aged seem! Immortal Cherubims! And young men glittering and sparkling Angels, and ...maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty! Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving jewels. I knew not that they were born or should die; but all things abided eternally as they were in their proper places.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »