[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f_Ws1WKC4B8OVOlMFdE-bfWbXbTzN5qXqECzphOEszJ4":3,"$fgmDPxLAo7G0_Ou5xMgxkxjHET3rp0LFxvB03ytRCP5U":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},14770,"Thomas Traherne","T",62,null,"thomas-traherne",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":89},[14,22,29,35,41,47,53,60,66,78],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3970497,"Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3476154,"The world is indeed the beautiful frontispiece of eternity.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":9},3476151,"That anything may be found to be in infinite treasure, its place must be found in Eternity and in God’s esteem. For as there is a time, so there is a place for all things. Everything in its place is admirable, deep, and glorious; out of its place like a wandering bird, is desolate and good for nothing.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},3476148,"Souls are God’s jewels.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},3476145,"This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God’s righteous Kingdom.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3476141,"Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love...",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":59},3476104,"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.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from Thomas Traherne's book \"Centuries of Meditations,\" written between 1674 and 1679. During this time, Traherne was a young Anglican priest who had recently experienced a deep spiritual crisis and conversion, which profoundly shaped his thoughts on the nature of reality and human potential.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nTraherne's statement reveals a paradoxical view on the human mind: it is both infinitely capable and utterly empty. The \"empty book\" metaphor suggests that our minds are blank slates, devoid of preconceived notions or biases, yet simultaneously capable of absorbing and processing vast amounts of information.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, modern professionals can approach each new project or challenge as an \"infant's soul,\" unencumbered by past assumptions or expectations. By embracing the possibility that anything can be written or created within us, we can cultivate a sense of openness and receptivity, allowing ourselves to learn and grow in unprecedented ways.",{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3476072,"Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father’s palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":69,"has_image":18,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},2650515,"And every stone and every star a tongue,\nAnd every gale of wind a curious song.\nThe Heavens were an oracle, and spoke\nDivinity: the Earth did undertake\nThe office of a priest; and I being dumb\n(Nothing besides was dumb) all things did come\nWith voices and instructions...",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[73],{"id":74,"tag":75},5628183,{"id":76,"tag_name":77},3090,"stars",{"id":79,"quote_text":80,"author_id":5,"source_id":69,"has_image":18,"author":81,"source":82,"quote_tag":83,"commentary":9},2650514,"Souls are God's jewels.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[84],{"id":85,"tag":86},5628182,{"id":87,"tag_name":88},9402,"jewels",{"currentPage":90,"totalPages":17,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":91},1,10]