Thomas Traherne Quote

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.


Centuries of Meditations, by Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) Now First Printed Frome the Author (ed. 1908)


I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.