Author: Richard Jefferies

Quotes

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

- Richard Jefferies

Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?

Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?

- Richard Jefferies

I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.

I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.

- Richard Jefferies

Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

- Richard Jefferies

An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.

An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.

- Richard Jefferies

This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.

This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.

- Richard Jefferies

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 be solitary.

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 be solitary.

- Richard Jefferies

Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong.

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

The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul.

The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul.

- Richard Jefferies

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