Richard Jefferies Quotes

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• I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business in the green meadows, admit…
• I must stay under the old tree in the midst of the long grass, the luxury of the leaves, and the song in the very…
• O beautiful human life! Tears come to my eyes as I think of it. So beautiful, so inexpressibly beautiful! The song should never be silent,…
• It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.
• An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.
• I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
• Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
• The heart looks into space to be away from earth.
• That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
• I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.
• Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because after death the soul is…
• Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
• To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed…
• Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
• A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must…
• The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There…
• The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human…
• The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.
• It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.
• A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

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