Author: Richard Jefferies

Quotes

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

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 on, but there is really no such thing.

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 on, but there is really no such thing.

- 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.

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

Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

- Richard Jefferies

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

- 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

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

- Richard Jefferies

I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.

I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.

- 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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