Author: Richard Jefferies

Quotes

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 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

That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.

That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.

- 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

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

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

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

- 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

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