Quote by Richard Jefferies Download Open image ““The great sea makes one a great sceptic.”” — Richard Jefferies ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Never seen the sea! How could anyone not have seen the sea? Surely the sea must somehow belong to the happiness of every child.” — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“I sometimes think my vision of the sea is the clearest thing I own.” — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“The sea is very beautiful and gives us many things, but it must be understood and respected, or it will slap you ...” — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
“And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky.” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“The beauty of the sea is that it never shows any weakness and never tires of the countless souls that unleash their broken voices… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
“The ocean is not to be trusted. It's dark and cold with a treacherous current that pulls you whichever way it wants. It can… — Em Bailey Copy Share Image
“You know, the ocean is a very, very beautiful place. It is God’s gift to us,” — Lynne Cox Copy Share Image
To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in the same… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
