"The impression left after watching the motions of……" — Richard Jefferies
"The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear."
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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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More Birds Quotes
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one of 1,423 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and…
— David Attenborough
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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone…
— David Attenborough
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Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know…
— David Attenborough
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
— John James Audubon
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
— Abu Bakr
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
— Lynda Barry
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long…
— John Adams
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Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when…
— William Bartram
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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
— Eric Berne
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There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
— George Best
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Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
— Eubie Blake
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