"It would seem that the ant works its……" — Richard Jefferies
"It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds."
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40 Quotes by Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies has 40 quotes on this site.
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I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business…
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I must stay under the old tree in the midst of the long grass, the luxury of the leaves, and…
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O beautiful human life! Tears come to my eyes as I think of it. So beautiful, so inexpressibly beautiful! The…
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It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always…
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An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the…
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I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
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Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
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The heart looks into space to be away from earth.
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That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
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I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost…
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Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because…
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Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
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Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being…
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If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.
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I'd like to be remembered as a man who went to Heaven and not another place.
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Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in…
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Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is…
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